diff --git a/src/modules/fstab/fstab.conf b/src/modules/fstab/fstab.conf
index fdf0d41ec..0e710980b 100644
--- a/src/modules/fstab/fstab.conf
+++ b/src/modules/fstab/fstab.conf
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # options from this mapping.
 mountOptions:
     default: defaults,noatime
-    btrfs: defaults,noatime,space_cache,autodefrag,compress=zstd
+    btrfs: defaults,noatime,autodefrag,compress=zstd
 
 # Mount options to use for the EFI System Partition. If not defined, the
 # *mountOptions* for *vfat* are used, or if that is not set either,