diff --git a/jobs/env_defaults b/jobs/env_defaults
index e4239e2a92ae66b8c4e97abec751bef87f8ff2c5..37c85721c2e4ba33ea4d4a84cedd7f61ea5631be 100644
--- a/jobs/env_defaults
+++ b/jobs/env_defaults
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ LD_MYSQL_DUMP_PARAMS="--opt \
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # compression mode (only available for repository format version 2), one of (auto|off|max) (default: $RESTIC_COMPRESSION) (default auto)
-export RESTIC_COMPRESSION=auto
+# export RESTIC_COMPRESSION=auto
 
 # Concurrency for file reads (default: 2)
-RESTIC_READ_CONCURRENCY=8
+# RESTIC_READ_CONCURRENCY=8
 
 # Target size for pack files
 export RESTIC_PACK_SIZE=128