diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/app_globals.py b/r2/r2/lib/app_globals.py
index 790975ca2..6e409b6a2 100644
--- a/r2/r2/lib/app_globals.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/app_globals.py
@@ -668,7 +668,6 @@ class Globals(object):
             self.srmembercaches,
             min_compress_len=96,
             num_clients=num_mc_clients,
-            binary=True,
             validators=[validate_size_error],
         )