diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 9d751d49a..b035ff92f 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -52,17 +52,9 @@ var (
 	diskAppendQueueCapacity   = flag.Int("storage.queue.diskAppendCapacity", 1000000, "The size of the queue for items that are pending writing to disk.")
 	memoryAppendQueueCapacity = flag.Int("storage.queue.memoryAppendCapacity", 10000, "The size of the queue for items that are pending writing to memory.")
 
-	headCompactInterval = flag.Duration("compact.headInterval", 3*time.Hour, "The amount of time between head compactions.")
-	bodyCompactInterval = flag.Duration("compact.bodyInterval", 5*time.Hour, "The amount of time between body compactions.")
-	tailCompactInterval = flag.Duration("compact.tailInterval", 7*time.Hour, "The amount of time between tail compactions.")
-
-	headGroupSize = flag.Int("compact.headGroupSize", 500, "The minimum group size for head samples.")
-	bodyGroupSize = flag.Int("compact.bodyGroupSize", 5000, "The minimum group size for body samples.")
-	tailGroupSize = flag.Int("compact.tailGroupSize", 10000, "The minimum group size for tail samples.")
-
-	headAge = flag.Duration("compact.headAgeInclusiveness", 5*time.Minute, "The relative inclusiveness of head samples.")
-	bodyAge = flag.Duration("compact.bodyAgeInclusiveness", time.Hour, "The relative inclusiveness of body samples.")
-	tailAge = flag.Duration("compact.tailAgeInclusiveness", 24*time.Hour, "The relative inclusiveness of tail samples.")
+	compactInterval = flag.Duration("compact.interval", 3*time.Hour, "The amount of time between compactions.")
+	compactGroupSize = flag.Int("compact.groupSize", 500, "The minimum group size for compacted samples.")
+	compactAgeInclusiveness = flag.Duration("compact.ageInclusiveness", 5*time.Minute, "The age beyond which samples should be compacted.")
 
 	deleteInterval = flag.Duration("delete.interval", 11*time.Hour, "The amount of time between deletion of old values.")
 
@@ -79,9 +71,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 type prometheus struct {
-	headCompactionTimer *time.Ticker
-	bodyCompactionTimer *time.Ticker
-	tailCompactionTimer *time.Ticker
+	compactionTimer *time.Ticker
 	deletionTimer       *time.Ticker
 
 	curationSema             chan bool
@@ -168,14 +158,8 @@ func (p *prometheus) close() {
 	default:
 	}
 
-	if p.headCompactionTimer != nil {
-		p.headCompactionTimer.Stop()
-	}
-	if p.bodyCompactionTimer != nil {
-		p.bodyCompactionTimer.Stop()
-	}
-	if p.tailCompactionTimer != nil {
-		p.tailCompactionTimer.Stop()
+	if p.compactionTimer != nil {
+		p.compactionTimer.Stop()
 	}
 	if p.deletionTimer != nil {
 		p.deletionTimer.Stop()
@@ -238,10 +222,8 @@ func main() {
 
 		Ingester: retrieval.ChannelIngester(unwrittenSamples),
 	}
-	// Coprime numbers, fool!
-	headCompactionTimer := time.NewTicker(*headCompactInterval)
-	bodyCompactionTimer := time.NewTicker(*bodyCompactInterval)
-	tailCompactionTimer := time.NewTicker(*tailCompactInterval)
+
+	compactionTimer := time.NewTicker(*compactInterval)
 	deletionTimer := time.NewTicker(*deleteInterval)
 
 	// Queue depth will need to be exposed
@@ -304,9 +286,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	prometheus := &prometheus{
-		bodyCompactionTimer: bodyCompactionTimer,
-		headCompactionTimer: headCompactionTimer,
-		tailCompactionTimer: tailCompactionTimer,
+		compactionTimer: compactionTimer,
 
 		deletionTimer: deletionTimer,
 
@@ -332,33 +312,9 @@ func main() {
 	go prometheus.interruptHandler()
 
 	go func() {
-		for _ = range prometheus.headCompactionTimer.C {
-			glog.Info("Starting head compaction...")
-			err := prometheus.compact(*headAge, *headGroupSize)
-
-			if err != nil {
-				glog.Error("could not compact: ", err)
-			}
-			glog.Info("Done")
-		}
-	}()
-
-	go func() {
-		for _ = range prometheus.bodyCompactionTimer.C {
-			glog.Info("Starting body compaction...")
-			err := prometheus.compact(*bodyAge, *bodyGroupSize)
-
-			if err != nil {
-				glog.Error("could not compact: ", err)
-			}
-			glog.Info("Done")
-		}
-	}()
-
-	go func() {
-		for _ = range prometheus.tailCompactionTimer.C {
-			glog.Info("Starting tail compaction...")
-			err := prometheus.compact(*tailAge, *tailGroupSize)
+		for _ = range prometheus.compactionTimer.C {
+			glog.Info("Starting compaction...")
+			err := prometheus.compact(*compactAgeInclusiveness, *compactGroupSize)
 
 			if err != nil {
 				glog.Error("could not compact: ", err)