diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/ml/tables/anomalies_host_table.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/ml/tables/anomalies_host_table.tsx
index d6e343265b6e7..78cd23e6647c0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/ml/tables/anomalies_host_table.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/ml/tables/anomalies_host_table.tsx
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ const AnomaliesHostTableComponent: React.FC<AnomaliesHostTableProps> = ({
         <BasicTable
           // @ts-ignore the Columns<T, U> type is not as specific as EUI's...
           columns={columns}
-          compressed
           // @ts-ignore ...which leads to `networks` not "matching" the columns
           items={hosts}
           pagination={pagination}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/ml/tables/anomalies_network_table.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/ml/tables/anomalies_network_table.tsx
index c7a49202bf239..73fe7b1ea5f6e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/ml/tables/anomalies_network_table.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/ml/tables/anomalies_network_table.tsx
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ const AnomaliesNetworkTableComponent: React.FC<AnomaliesNetworkTableProps> = ({
         <BasicTable
           // @ts-ignore the Columns<T, U> type is not as specific as EUI's...
           columns={columns}
-          compressed
           // @ts-ignore ...which leads to `networks` not "matching" the columns
           items={networks}
           pagination={pagination}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/ml_popover/jobs_table/__snapshots__/jobs_table.test.tsx.snap b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/ml_popover/jobs_table/__snapshots__/jobs_table.test.tsx.snap
index d8b8ae63cf41f..60088a77878ad 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/ml_popover/jobs_table/__snapshots__/jobs_table.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/ml_popover/jobs_table/__snapshots__/jobs_table.test.tsx.snap
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ exports[`JobsTableComponent renders correctly against snapshot 1`] = `
       },
     ]
   }
-  compressed={true}
   data-test-subj="jobs-table"
   items={
     Array [
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/ml_popover/jobs_table/jobs_table.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/ml_popover/jobs_table/jobs_table.tsx
index 40097ed68684f..f28a99c9947d5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/ml_popover/jobs_table/jobs_table.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/ml_popover/jobs_table/jobs_table.tsx
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ export const JobsTableComponent = ({ isLoading, jobs, onJobStateChange }: JobTab
   return (
     <EuiBasicTable
       data-test-subj="jobs-table"
-      compressed={true}
       columns={getJobsTableColumns(isLoading, onJobStateChange, basePath)}
       items={getPaginatedItems(jobs, pageIndex, pageSize)}
       loading={isLoading}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/paginated_table/index.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/paginated_table/index.tsx
index 9f95284d989a9..448fa58443407 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/paginated_table/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/paginated_table/index.tsx
@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ const PaginatedTableComponent: FC<SiemTables> = ({
           <>
             <BasicTable
               columns={columns}
-              compressed
               items={pageOfItems}
               onChange={onChange}
               sorting={
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/timelines/components/open_timeline/timelines_table/index.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/timelines/components/open_timeline/timelines_table/index.tsx
index 2c55edb9034b5..2d3672b15dd10 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/timelines/components/open_timeline/timelines_table/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/timelines/components/open_timeline/timelines_table/index.tsx
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ export const TimelinesTable = React.memo<TimelinesTableProps>(
     return (
       <BasicTable
         columns={columns}
-        compressed
         data-test-subj="timelines-table"
         isExpandable={true}
         isSelectable={actionTimelineToShow.includes('selectable')}