diff --git a/infrastructure/loki/loki.yaml b/infrastructure/loki/loki.yaml
index 6545f1310959731b87f56c8b3753e17d71e75244..cc6f7e23b4beb9ec0bbf26a6d92de04be97097a9 100644
--- a/infrastructure/loki/loki.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/loki/loki.yaml
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ data:
           secretAccessKey: supersecret
           s3ForcePathStyle: true
       compactor:
-        working_directory: /data/retention
         shared_store: s3
         compaction_interval: 10m
         retention_enabled: true