diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml b/examples/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
index e6f0d16b3d193e9ee88a423df393b6fae62e122e..9ea8c02d7ae6b00938185694b2cfed93ac3d889f 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ Snapshots:
   scale_factor_first:  0.92  # Scale-factor of the first snaphot (cosmological run)
   time_first:          0.01  # Time of the first output (non-cosmological run) (in internal units)
   delta_time:          1.10  # Time difference between consecutive outputs (in internal units)
-  compression:         1
 
 # Parameters governing the conserved quantities statistics
 Statistics:
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_DMO_50/eagle_50.yml b/examples/EAGLE_DMO_50/eagle_50.yml
index 2282c6d5054c83cb04751a06f579c5f3ecd85a68..cc20932f36ca8a2b102f5bf6dbcc53fbfe72c4b3 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_DMO_50/eagle_50.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_DMO_50/eagle_50.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ Snapshots:
   scale_factor_first:  0.92  # Scale-factor of the first snaphot (cosmological run)
   time_first:          0.01  # Time of the first output (non-cosmological run) (in internal units)
   delta_time:          1.10  # Time difference between consecutive outputs (in internal units)
-  compression:         1
 
 # Parameters governing the conserved quantities statistics
 Statistics: