diff --git a/daemon/tasks/check_jobs.py b/daemon/tasks/check_jobs.py
index a70c4a47a45fb40d0997499df58df4da84d3068c..3d96988c0e3a2a34a129218b205602fb7d547bbd 100644
--- a/daemon/tasks/check_jobs.py
+++ b/daemon/tasks/check_jobs.py
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ def __create_job_service(job):
     cmd = '{} -i /files -o /files/output'.format(job.service)
     if job.service == 'file-setup':
         cmd += ' -f {}'.format(job.secure_filename)
-    elif job.service == 'ocr':
-        cmd += ' --compress'
     cmd += ' --log-dir /files'
     cmd += ' --zip [{}]_{}'.format(job.service, job.secure_filename)
     cmd += ' ' + ' '.join(json.loads(job.service_args))