diff --git a/src/pypi_data/combine_parquet.py b/src/pypi_data/combine_parquet.py
index 24e35a76..29d40ec9 100644
--- a/src/pypi_data/combine_parquet.py
+++ b/src/pypi_data/combine_parquet.py
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ def hash_parquet_keys(keys: list[tuple[int, range]]) -> str:
 
 async def combine_parquet(repositories: list[CodeRepository], directory: Path):
     directory.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
-    # combined_file = directory / "combined.parquet"
-    # temp_combined = directory / "temporary.parquet"
     repo_file = directory / f"repo.parquet"
 
     roll_up_count = 0
@@ -93,29 +91,10 @@ async def combine_parquet(repositories: list[CodeRepository], directory: Path):
 
             roll_up_count += 1
 
-        # for repo in repositories:
-        #     log.info("Downloading dataset", repo=repo.name)
-        #     await repo.download_dataset(client, repo_file)
-        #
-        #     log.info("Merging dataset", repo=repo.name)
-        #     await asyncio.to_thread(append_parquet_file, temp_combined, [combined_file, repo_file])
-        #     log.info(f"Merged size: {temp_combined.stat().st_size / 1024 / 1024:.1f} MB")
-        #
-        #     if temp_combined.stat().st_size < TARGET_SIZE:
-        #         temp_combined.rename(combined_file)
-        #         repo_file.unlink()
-        #     else:
-        #         # Too big! Roll over
-        #         roll_up_count = finish_batch(combined_file, roll_up_count, directory, repo_file, temp_combined)
-        #
-        # if repo_file.exists():
-        #     finish_batch(combined_file, roll_up_count, directory, repo_file, temp_combined)
-
-
 def append_parquet_file(output: Path, paths: list[Path]) -> Path:
     table = pa.concat_tables(
         (pq.read_table(str(p), memory_map=True) for p in paths if p.exists()),
         promote_options="none"
     )
-    pq.write_table(table, str(output), compression="snappy")
+    pq.write_table(table, str(output), compression="zstd", compression_level=7)
     return output