diff --git a/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace/Debugger/DebuggerSettings.cs b/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace/Debugger/DebuggerSettings.cs
index 4bcd879b5d4f..ab15102ef50d 100644
--- a/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace/Debugger/DebuggerSettings.cs
+++ b/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace/Debugger/DebuggerSettings.cs
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ public DebuggerSettings(IConfigurationSource? source, IConfigurationTelemetry te
                                          .AsInt32(DefaultCodeOriginExitSpanFrames, frames => frames > 0)
                                          .Value;
 
-            SymbolDatabaseCompressionEnabled = config.WithKeys(ConfigurationKeys.Debugger.SymbolDatabaseCompressionEnabled).AsBool(false);
+            // Force it to false to disable SymDB compression, will be re-enabled in the next PR
+            SymbolDatabaseCompressionEnabled = false;
         }
 
         public bool Enabled { get; }
diff --git a/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace/Debugger/Upload/SymbolUploadApi.cs b/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace/Debugger/Upload/SymbolUploadApi.cs
index e157e1a5a666..20fee2b25df0 100644
--- a/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace/Debugger/Upload/SymbolUploadApi.cs
+++ b/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace/Debugger/Upload/SymbolUploadApi.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ private SymbolUploadApi(
         {
             _apiRequestFactory = apiRequestFactory;
             _eventMetadata = eventMetadata;
-            _enableCompression = false;
+            _enableCompression = enableCompression;
             discoveryService.SubscribeToChanges(c => Endpoint = c.SymbolDbEndpoint);
         }