diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics/iglu.schemaddl/redshift/ShredModelEntry.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics/iglu.schemaddl/redshift/ShredModelEntry.scala
index 5a72dfba..4912c3d5 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics/iglu.schemaddl/redshift/ShredModelEntry.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics/iglu.schemaddl/redshift/ShredModelEntry.scala
@@ -35,11 +35,9 @@ case class ShredModelEntry(
     .flatMap(_.apply(subSchema))
     .getOrElse(ShredModelEntry.ColumnType.RedshiftVarchar(ShredModelEntry.VARCHAR_SIZE))
 
-  lazy val compressionEncoding: ShredModelEntry.CompressionEncoding = (subSchema.`enum`, columnType) match {
-    case (Some(_), ShredModelEntry.ColumnType.RedshiftVarchar(size)) if size <= 255 =>
-      ShredModelEntry.CompressionEncoding.Text255Encoding
-    case (_, ShredModelEntry.ColumnType.RedshiftBoolean) => ShredModelEntry.CompressionEncoding.RunLengthEncoding
-    case (_, ShredModelEntry.ColumnType.RedshiftDouble) => ShredModelEntry.CompressionEncoding.RawEncoding
+  lazy val compressionEncoding: ShredModelEntry.CompressionEncoding = columnType match {
+    case ShredModelEntry.ColumnType.RedshiftBoolean => ShredModelEntry.CompressionEncoding.RunLengthEncoding
+    case ShredModelEntry.ColumnType.RedshiftDouble => ShredModelEntry.CompressionEncoding.RawEncoding
     case _ => ShredModelEntry.CompressionEncoding.ZstdEncoding
   }
 
@@ -169,7 +167,6 @@ object ShredModelEntry {
 
     implicit val compressionEncodingShow: Show[CompressionEncoding] = Show.show {
       case RawEncoding => s"ENCODE RAW"
-      case Text255Encoding => s"ENCODE TEXT255"
       case ZstdEncoding => s"ENCODE ZSTD"
       case RunLengthEncoding => "ENCODE RUNLENGTH"
     }
@@ -178,8 +175,6 @@ object ShredModelEntry {
 
     case object RunLengthEncoding extends CompressionEncoding
 
-    case object Text255Encoding extends CompressionEncoding
-
     case object ZstdEncoding extends CompressionEncoding
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/core/src/test/scala/com/snowplowanalytics/iglu/schemaddl/redshift/internal/ShredModelEntrySpec.scala b/modules/core/src/test/scala/com/snowplowanalytics/iglu/schemaddl/redshift/internal/ShredModelEntrySpec.scala
index 3d4e6408..cd23d0d9 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/test/scala/com/snowplowanalytics/iglu/schemaddl/redshift/internal/ShredModelEntrySpec.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/test/scala/com/snowplowanalytics/iglu/schemaddl/redshift/internal/ShredModelEntrySpec.scala
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ class ShredModelEntrySpec extends Specification {
   }
 
   "suggest compression" should {
-    "suggest Text255Encoding for enums less then 255 in length" in {
+    "suggest zstd for enums less then 255 in length" in {
       val props = json"""{"type": "string", "enum": ["one", "two"], "maxLength": 42}""".schema
-      ShredModelEntry(dummyPtr, props).compressionEncoding must beEqualTo(Text255Encoding)
+      ShredModelEntry(dummyPtr, props).compressionEncoding must beEqualTo(ZstdEncoding)
     }
 
     "suggest RunLengthEncoding for booleans" in {