diff --git a/samples/html-css-js/compose.yaml b/samples/html-css-js/compose.yaml
index 50875e77..4fd7999c 100644
--- a/samples/html-css-js/compose.yaml
+++ b/samples/html-css-js/compose.yaml
@@ -19,5 +19,3 @@ services:
         - curl
         - -f
         - http://localhost:8080/
-    x-defang-static-files:
-      folder: /usr/share/nginx/html