diff --git a/common/debug/experiments.go b/common/debug/experiments.go
index 934819771..eff72ea66 100644
--- a/common/debug/experiments.go
+++ b/common/debug/experiments.go
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 )
 
-var (
-	compressBlocks    bool
-	getCompressBlocks sync.Once
-)
-
 // atomic: bit 0 is the value, bit 1 is the initialized flag
 var getNodeData uint32
 
@@ -47,13 +42,6 @@ func OverrideGetNodeData(val bool) {
 	}
 }
 
-func IsBlockCompressionEnabled() bool {
-	getCompressBlocks.Do(func() {
-		_, compressBlocks = os.LookupEnv("COMPRESS_BLOCKS")
-	})
-	return compressBlocks
-}
-
 var (
 	testDB    string
 	getTestDB sync.Once
diff --git a/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go b/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go
index 8e6f1ee92..53251b7df 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go
@@ -24,17 +24,13 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
 
-	"github.com/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth/ethdb"
-	"github.com/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth/ethdb/cbor"
-
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth/common"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth/common/dbutils"
-	"github.com/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth/common/debug"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth/core/types"
+	"github.com/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth/ethdb"
+	"github.com/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth/ethdb/cbor"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth/log"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth/rlp"
-
-	"github.com/golang/snappy"
 )
 
 // ReadCanonicalHash retrieves the hash assigned to a canonical block number.
@@ -334,9 +330,6 @@ func WriteTransactions(db ethdb.Database, txs []*types.Transaction, baseTxId uin
 
 // WriteBodyRLP stores an RLP encoded block body into the database.
 func WriteBodyRLP(db DatabaseWriter, hash common.Hash, number uint64, rlp rlp.RawValue) {
-	if debug.IsBlockCompressionEnabled() {
-		rlp = snappy.Encode(nil, rlp)
-	}
 	if err := db.Put(dbutils.BlockBodyPrefix, dbutils.BlockBodyKey(number, hash), rlp); err != nil {
 		log.Crit("Failed to store block body", "err", err)
 	}
diff --git a/migrations/transactions.go b/migrations/transactions.go
index aa563db74..24c870624 100644
--- a/migrations/transactions.go
+++ b/migrations/transactions.go
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/golang/snappy"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth/common/dbutils"
-	"github.com/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth/common/debug"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth/common/etl"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth/core/types"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth/ethdb"
@@ -23,18 +21,6 @@ var transactionsTable = Migration{
 		defer logEvery.Stop()
 		logPrefix := "tx_table"
 
-		decompressBlockBody := func(compressed []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-			if !debug.IsBlockCompressionEnabled() || len(compressed) == 0 {
-				return compressed, nil
-			}
-
-			var bodyRlp []byte
-			bodyRlp, err = snappy.Decode(nil, compressed)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("err on decode block: %w", err)
-			}
-			return bodyRlp, nil
-		}
 		const loadStep = "load"
 		reader := bytes.NewReader(nil)
 		buf := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 4096))
@@ -102,13 +88,7 @@ var transactionsTable = Migration{
 			}
 			// don't need canonical check
 
-			var bodyRlp []byte
-			bodyRlp, err = decompressBlockBody(v)
-			if err != nil {
-				return false, err
-			}
-
-			reader.Reset(bodyRlp)
+			reader.Reset(v)
 			if err = rlp.Decode(reader, body); err != nil {
 				return false, fmt.Errorf("[%s]: invalid block body RLP: %w", logPrefix, err)
 			}