diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 93efe887026..4903811eb43 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -272,11 +272,3 @@ module Discourse
 
   end
 end
-
-if defined?(PhusionPassenger)
-  PhusionPassenger.on_event(:starting_worker_process) do |forked|
-    if forked
-      Discourse.after_fork
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/config/initializers/001-redis.rb b/config/initializers/001-redis.rb
index af3e829842c..e92fb9320c4 100644
--- a/config/initializers/001-redis.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/001-redis.rb
@@ -2,13 +2,3 @@ if Rails.env.development? && ENV['DISCOURSE_FLUSH_REDIS']
   puts "Flushing redis (development mode)"
   $redis.flushall
 end
-
-if defined?(PhusionPassenger)
-  PhusionPassenger.on_event(:starting_worker_process) do |forked|
-    if forked
-      Discourse.after_fork
-    else
-      # We're in conservative spawning mode. We don't need to do anything.
-    end
-  end
-end