diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/redis.rb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/redis.rb
index eae6d95..545844f 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/redis.rb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/redis.rb
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ end
 
 runit_service "redis" do
   down node['gitlab']['redis']['ha']
-  control(['t'])
   options({
     :log_directory => redis_log_dir,
     :svlogd_size => node['gitlab']['redis']['svlogd_size'],
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