diff --git a/components/registry-facade-api/go/config/config.go b/components/registry-facade-api/go/config/config.go
index af12e48db0722e..77f2abcd6cf754 100644
--- a/components/registry-facade-api/go/config/config.go
+++ b/components/registry-facade-api/go/config/config.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	RequireAuth        bool             `json:"requireAuth"`
 	TLS                *TLS             `json:"tls"`
 
-	IPFSCache *IPFSCacheConfig `json:"ipfs"`
+	IPFSCache *IPFSCacheConfig `json:"ipfs,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type IPFSCacheConfig struct {