diff --git a/data/defaults.yaml b/data/defaults.yaml
--- a/data/defaults.yaml
+++ b/data/defaults.yaml
@@ -1696,7 +1696,6 @@
       user: "%{hiera('swh::deploy::deposit::db::dbuser')}"
       password: "%{hiera('swh::deploy::deposit::db::password')}"
     media_root: "%{hiera('swh::deploy::deposit::media_root_directory')}"
-  loader-version: 2
   storage: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::storage::config')}"
   extraction_dir: /tmp/swh-deposit/archive/