diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index f3113bd6513..63ae4d3bb0f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ services:
       - "http.host=0.0.0.0"
       - "cluster.routing.allocation.disk.threshold_enabled=false"
       - "discovery.type=single-node"
-      - "xpack.apm_data.enabled=true"
       - "xpack.security.authc.anonymous.roles=remote_monitoring_collector"
       - "xpack.security.authc.realms.file.file1.order=0"
       - "xpack.security.authc.realms.native.native1.order=1"