diff --git a/roles/xmpp_server/defaults/main.yml b/roles/xmpp_server/defaults/main.yml
index 302c4a16fda86f3f1e52049ada2baee9c417370b..d2f307d64b7e0294382c767454d741303253dc14 100644
--- a/roles/xmpp_server/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/xmpp_server/defaults/main.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 enable_backup: false
 xmpp_prosody_package: "prosody-0.11"
+xmpp_server_archive_expiration: "never"
 xmpp_server_tls_protocol: "tlsv1_2+"
 xmpp_server_tls_ciphers: "\
 DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:\