diff --git a/config/initializers/002-rails_failover.rb b/config/initializers/002-rails_failover.rb
index e4a80709f9c..0bfa3d9f2bf 100644
--- a/config/initializers/002-rails_failover.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/002-rails_failover.rb
@@ -55,16 +55,12 @@ if defined?(RailsFailover::ActiveRecord)
     Discourse.redis.exists?(
       Discourse::PG_READONLY_MODE_KEY,
       Discourse::PG_FORCE_READONLY_MODE_KEY
-    ) || (
-      GlobalSetting.redis_config[:replica_host] &&
-      Discourse.redis.connection[:host] == GlobalSetting.redis_config[:replica_host]
     )
   rescue => e
     if e.is_a?(Redis::CannotConnectError)
-      true
-    else
       Rails.logger.warn "#{e.class} #{e.message}: #{e.backtrace.join("\n")}"
-      false
     end
+
+    false
   end
 end