diff --git a/lambdas/indexer/.chalice/config.json.template.py b/lambdas/indexer/.chalice/config.json.template.py
index 6751ef223..dd77ae946 100644
--- a/lambdas/indexer/.chalice/config.json.template.py
+++ b/lambdas/indexer/.chalice/config.json.template.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     "manage_iam_role": False,
     "iam_role_arn": "${aws_iam_role.%s.arn}" % app_name,
     "environment_variables": config.lambda_env,
-    "minimum_compression_size": config.minimum_compression_size,
     "lambda_timeout": config.api_gateway_lambda_timeout,
     "lambda_memory_size": 128,
     **chalice.vpc_lambda_config(app_name),
diff --git a/lambdas/service/.chalice/config.json.template.py b/lambdas/service/.chalice/config.json.template.py
index 46747fb3d..c40dff944 100644
--- a/lambdas/service/.chalice/config.json.template.py
+++ b/lambdas/service/.chalice/config.json.template.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     "manage_iam_role": False,
     "iam_role_arn": "${aws_iam_role.%s.arn}" % app_name,
     "environment_variables": config.lambda_env,
-    "minimum_compression_size": config.minimum_compression_size,
     "lambda_timeout": config.api_gateway_lambda_timeout,
     "lambda_memory_size": 2048,
     **chalice.vpc_lambda_config(app_name),
diff --git a/src/azul/terraform.py b/src/azul/terraform.py
index 84b5fffad..13cf5c070 100644
--- a/src/azul/terraform.py
+++ b/src/azul/terraform.py
@@ -793,6 +793,18 @@ def tf_config(self, app_name):
         del deployment['lifecycle']
         deployment['triggers'] = {'redeployment': deployment.pop('stage_description')}
 
+        # Instead of specifying this property in the related Terraform
+        # resource, using an AWS API Gateway extension to the OpenAPI
+        # specification lets us avoid maintaining a complicated trigger
+        # dependency between Terraform resources.
+        #
+        rest_api = resources['aws_api_gateway_rest_api'][app_name]
+        assert 'minimum_compression_size' not in rest_api, rest_api.keys()
+        openapi_spec = json.loads(locals[app_name])
+        key = 'x-amazon-apigateway-minimum-compression-size'
+        openapi_spec[key] = config.minimum_compression_size
+        locals[app_name] = json.dumps(openapi_spec)
+
         return {
             'resource': resources,
             'data': data,