diff --git a/validator/src/main.rs b/validator/src/main.rs
index f7a21c1625ead8..c3cedd49828d06 100644
--- a/validator/src/main.rs
+++ b/validator/src/main.rs
@@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@ pub fn main() {
         account_indexes,
         accounts_db_test_hash_calculation: matches.is_present("accounts_db_test_hash_calculation"),
         accounts_db_config,
-        accounts_db_skip_shrink: false,
+        accounts_db_skip_shrink: true,
         accounts_db_force_initial_clean: matches.is_present("no_skip_initial_accounts_db_clean"),
         tpu_coalesce,
         no_wait_for_vote_to_start_leader: matches.is_present("no_wait_for_vote_to_start_leader"),