diff --git a/prepare-root.sh b/prepare-root.sh
index 0cf61b8..5192cd6 100755
--- a/prepare-root.sh
+++ b/prepare-root.sh
@@ -717,8 +717,7 @@ done
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # sysroot
-mksquashfs "$MY_TMPDIR"/sysroot "$MY_TMPDIR"/root.squashfs.img \
-	   -noDataCompression -noFragmentCompression -noXattrCompression -noInodeCompression
+mksquashfs "$MY_TMPDIR"/sysroot "$MY_TMPDIR"/root.squashfs.img
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # verity