diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 96922eb8..b1c4a682 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@
 #
 # $num_pulp_workers::   Number of pulp workers to use
 #
-# $max_tasks_per_pulp_worker:: Number of tasks after which the worker gets restarted
-#
 # $qpid_wcache_page_size:: The size (in KB) of the pages in the write page cache
 #
 # $qpid_interface::     The interface qpidd listens to.
@@ -138,7 +136,6 @@
   String $qpid_hostname = $katello::params::qpid_hostname,
   Integer[1] $num_pulp_workers = $katello::params::num_pulp_workers,
   Integer[0] $pulp_worker_timeout = $katello::params::pulp_worker_timeout,
-  Optional[Integer] $max_tasks_per_pulp_worker = $katello::params::max_tasks_per_pulp_worker,
   Optional[Stdlib::HTTPUrl] $proxy_url = $katello::params::proxy_url,
   Optional[Integer[0, 65535]] $proxy_port = $katello::params::proxy_port,
   Optional[String] $proxy_username = $katello::params::proxy_username,
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index c96f3245..033c912a 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
   # Pulp worker settings
   $num_pulp_workers = min($facts['processorcount'], 8)
-  $max_tasks_per_pulp_worker = undef
 
   # Pulp max speed setting
   $pulp_max_speed = undef
diff --git a/manifests/pulp.pp b/manifests/pulp.pp
index c268984f..89f7f82c 100644
--- a/manifests/pulp.pp
+++ b/manifests/pulp.pp
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
   Boolean $enable_docker = $katello::enable_docker,
   Boolean $enable_deb = $katello::enable_deb,
   Integer[1] $num_workers = $katello::num_pulp_workers,
-  Optional[Integer] $max_tasks_per_child = $katello::max_tasks_per_pulp_worker,
   String $messaging_url = "ssl://${katello::qpid_hostname}:5671",
   String $broker_url = "qpid://${katello::qpid_hostname}:5671",
   Stdlib::Absolutepath $repo_export_dir = $katello::repo_export_dir,
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@
     enable_docker          => $enable_docker,
     enable_ostree          => $enable_ostree,
     num_workers            => $num_workers,
-    max_tasks_per_child    => $max_tasks_per_child,
     enable_parent_node     => false,
     repo_auth              => true,
     puppet_wsgi_processes  => 1,
diff --git a/spec/classes/katello_pulp_spec.rb b/spec/classes/katello_pulp_spec.rb
index 5cacc5fe..a32cf467 100644
--- a/spec/classes/katello_pulp_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/katello_pulp_spec.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ class { '::katello':
             .with_enable_docker(true)
             .with_enable_ostree(false)
             .with_num_workers(1)
-            .with_max_tasks_per_child(nil)
             .with_enable_parent_node(false)
             .with_repo_auth(true)
             .with_puppet_wsgi_processes(1)
@@ -80,8 +79,7 @@ class { '::katello':
             pulp_db_name      => 'pulp_db',
             pulp_db_username  => 'pulp_user',
             pulp_db_password  => 'pulp_pw',
-            pulp_db_seeds     => '192.168.1.1:27017',
-            max_tasks_per_pulp_worker => 2
+            pulp_db_seeds     => '192.168.1.1:27017'
           }
           EOS
         end
@@ -92,7 +90,6 @@ class { '::katello':
             .with_db_username('pulp_user')
             .with_db_password('pulp_pw')
             .with_db_seeds('192.168.1.1:27017')
-            .with_max_tasks_per_child(2)
         end
       end
     end