diff --git a/ckan/templates/ckan-uwsgi.ini.j2 b/ckan/templates/ckan-uwsgi.ini.j2
index 508bf6cfc0..8bb956be9b 100644
--- a/ckan/templates/ckan-uwsgi.ini.j2
+++ b/ckan/templates/ckan-uwsgi.ini.j2
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ master              =  true
 pidfile             =  /tmp/%n.pid
 harakiri            =  50
 max-requests        =  5000
-max-worker-lifetime =  3600
-worker-reload-mercy =  600
 vacuum              =  true
 callable            =  application
 buffer-size         =  32768