diff --git a/vendor/cookbooks/backups/attributes/default.rb b/vendor/cookbooks/backups/attributes/default.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 18d36e74..00000000
--- a/vendor/cookbooks/backups/attributes/default.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-default["backups"]["compression_enabled"] = true
diff --git a/vendor/cookbooks/backups/recipes/default.rb b/vendor/cookbooks/backups/recipes/default.rb
index acc38a35..7ea88b6a 100644
--- a/vendor/cookbooks/backups/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/vendor/cookbooks/backups/recipes/default.rb
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@
   package "libxslt-dev"
   gem_package "backup"
 
-  compression_enabled = node[:backups][:compression_enabled] || true
-
   backup_node.each do |app, backup_info|
+    compression_enabled = backup_info.fetch(:compression_enabled, true)
+
     ["/home/#{deploy_user}/Backup", "/home/#{deploy_user}/Backup/models"].each do |path|
       directory path do
         owner deploy_user