diff --git a/roles/apache/templates/httpd.logrotate.j2 b/roles/apache/templates/httpd.logrotate.j2
index 7ebf993..c61d9af 100644
--- a/roles/apache/templates/httpd.logrotate.j2
+++ b/roles/apache/templates/httpd.logrotate.j2
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
     compress
     compresscmd /usr/bin/xz
     compressext .xz
-    delaycompress
     postrotate
 {% if ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 7 %}
         /sbin/service httpd reload > /dev/null 2>/dev/null || true