diff --git a/kafka-resources/base/kafka-core/kafka-test-topic.yaml b/kafka-resources/base/kafka-core/kafka-test-topic.yaml
index b1ff7c9..5b7b441 100644
--- a/kafka-resources/base/kafka-core/kafka-test-topic.yaml
+++ b/kafka-resources/base/kafka-core/kafka-test-topic.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,3 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   partitions: 1
   replicas: 1
-  config:
-    # http://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#topicconfigs
-    cleanup.policy: compact