diff --git a/lib/config/definitions.js b/lib/config/definitions.js
index c5e2e090fba85c2d613a7f669527268906107b1c..b5aa97f3a73618a60b9730cae58c9262120f0b03 100644
--- a/lib/config/definitions.js
+++ b/lib/config/definitions.js
@@ -1344,7 +1344,6 @@ const options = [
   {
     name: 'compatibility',
     description: 'Configuration object for compatibility',
-    stage: 'package',
     type: 'object',
     default: {},
     mergeable: true,
diff --git a/test/workers/repository/updates/__snapshots__/flatten.spec.js.snap b/test/workers/repository/updates/__snapshots__/flatten.spec.js.snap
index 5cdd9fcdc5b2cdbd366d88f7fb33b77c07cd502f..514fd0192f9d5d1efa15a6cc5cb127801323518c 100644
--- a/test/workers/repository/updates/__snapshots__/flatten.spec.js.snap
+++ b/test/workers/repository/updates/__snapshots__/flatten.spec.js.snap
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Array [
     "commitMessagePrefix": null,
     "commitMessageSuffix": null,
     "commitMessageTopic": "dependency {{depName}}",
+    "compatibility": Object {},
     "depName": "@org/a",
     "depNameSanitized": "org-a",
     "dryRun": false,
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ Array [
     "commitMessagePrefix": null,
     "commitMessageSuffix": null,
     "commitMessageTopic": "dependency {{depName}}",
+    "compatibility": Object {},
     "depName": "foo",
     "depNameSanitized": "foo",
     "dryRun": false,
@@ -209,6 +211,7 @@ Array [
     "commitMessagePrefix": null,
     "commitMessageSuffix": null,
     "commitMessageTopic": null,
+    "compatibility": Object {},
     "dryRun": false,
     "errors": Array [],
     "gitAuthor": null,
@@ -304,6 +307,7 @@ Array [
     "commitMessagePrefix": null,
     "commitMessageSuffix": null,
     "commitMessageTopic": "dependency {{depName}}",
+    "compatibility": Object {},
     "depName": "bar",
     "depNameSanitized": "bar",
     "dryRun": false,
@@ -399,6 +403,7 @@ Array [
     "commitMessagePrefix": null,
     "commitMessageSuffix": null,
     "commitMessageTopic": null,
+    "compatibility": Object {},
     "dryRun": false,
     "errors": Array [],
     "gitAuthor": null,
@@ -494,6 +499,7 @@ Array [
     "commitMessagePrefix": null,
     "commitMessageSuffix": null,
     "commitMessageTopic": "dependency {{depName}}",
+    "compatibility": Object {},
     "depName": "baz",
     "depNameSanitized": "baz",
     "dryRun": false,
@@ -589,6 +595,7 @@ Array [
     "commitMessagePrefix": null,
     "commitMessageSuffix": null,
     "commitMessageTopic": "{{{depName}}} Docker tag",
+    "compatibility": Object {},
     "depName": "amd64/node",
     "depNameSanitized": "node",
     "dryRun": false,
@@ -684,6 +691,7 @@ Array [
     "commitMessagePrefix": null,
     "commitMessageSuffix": null,
     "commitMessageTopic": "{{{depName}}} Docker tag",
+    "compatibility": Object {},
     "depName": "calico/node",
     "depNameSanitized": "calico-node",
     "dryRun": false,