diff --git a/compose/production/django/start b/compose/production/django/start
index 0efe9c4..a351240 100644
--- a/compose/production/django/start
+++ b/compose/production/django/start
@@ -7,25 +7,5 @@ set -o nounset
 
 python /app/manage.py collectstatic --noinput
 
-compress_enabled() {
-python << END
-import sys
-
-from environ import Env
-
-env = Env(COMPRESS_ENABLED=(bool, True))
-if env('COMPRESS_ENABLED'):
-    sys.exit(0)
-else:
-    sys.exit(1)
-
-END
-}
-
-if compress_enabled; then
-  # NOTE this command will fail if django-compressor is disabled
-  python /app/manage.py compress
-fi
-
 python manage.py migrate --skip-checks
 exec /usr/local/bin/gunicorn config.asgi --bind 0.0.0.0:5000 --chdir=/app -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker