diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb b/config/environments/development.rb
index da633983b8a..2d7f03c48a3 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ Discourse::Application.configure do
 
   config.after_initialize do
     Bullet.enable = true
-    Bullet.alert = true
     Bullet.console = true
     Bullet.rails_logger = true
   end