diff --git a/flux2/apps/nextcloud/nextcloud-values-configmap.yaml b/flux2/apps/nextcloud/nextcloud-values-configmap.yaml
index a07df9f0d1ef9c7dca94d2c13bdf39199519cc59..66407254cce3efd6084e1d50b764ff91d47a283b 100644
--- a/flux2/apps/nextcloud/nextcloud-values-configmap.yaml
+++ b/flux2/apps/nextcloud/nextcloud-values-configmap.yaml
@@ -190,6 +190,12 @@ data:
           requests:
             cpu: 50m
             memory: 32Mi
+      commonConfiguration: |-
+        # Disable appendonly type persistence, because we don't need any
+        # persistence for nextcloud's redis.
+        appendonly no
+        # Disable RDB persistence, for the same reason.
+        save ""
 
     sociallogin:
       server_name: "sso.${domain}"