diff --git a/config/unicorn.rb b/config/unicorn.rb
index fc9d3fbb..463a017c 100644
--- a/config/unicorn.rb
+++ b/config/unicorn.rb
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ timeout 30 # restarts workers that hang for 30 seconds
 tmp_dir = ENV.fetch("tmp_dir", "/tmp")
 listen File.expand_path("nginx.socket", tmp_dir), backlog: 1024
 
-preload_app true
-
 require 'fileutils'
 before_fork do |server, worker|
   # preload travis so we can have copy on write