diff --git a/cknode.conf b/cknode.conf
index 118d57b6..3a025572 100644
--- a/cknode.conf
+++ b/cknode.conf
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 	"192.168.1.100:3334",
 	"127.0.0.1:3334"
 	],
-"compress" : true,
 "logdir" : "logs"
 }
 Comments from here on are ignored.
diff --git a/ckpassthrough.conf b/ckpassthrough.conf
index dc7b2ec1..c5b85bcd 100644
--- a/ckpassthrough.conf
+++ b/ckpassthrough.conf
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 	"192.168.1.100:3334",
 	"127.0.0.1:3334"
 	],
-"compress" : true,
 "logdir" : "logs"
 }
 Comments from here on are ignored.