diff --git a/src/core/surface/channel_create.c b/src/core/surface/channel_create.c
index 671d6a6c3ee..c441a14b320 100644
--- a/src/core/surface/channel_create.c
+++ b/src/core/surface/channel_create.c
@@ -203,10 +203,7 @@ grpc_channel *grpc_channel_create(const char *target,
   if (grpc_channel_args_is_census_enabled(args)) {
     filters[n++] = &grpc_client_census_filter;
     } */
-  if (grpc_channel_args_get_compression_level(args) >
-      GRPC_COMPRESS_LEVEL_NONE) {
-    filters[n++] = &grpc_compress_filter;
-  }
+  filters[n++] = &grpc_compress_filter;
   filters[n++] = &grpc_client_channel_filter;
   GPR_ASSERT(n <= MAX_FILTERS);
   channel = grpc_channel_create_from_filters(filters, n, args, mdctx, 1);