diff --git a/cookbooks/imagery/resources/site.rb b/cookbooks/imagery/resources/site.rb
index ab5f2d96c..856159be9 100644
--- a/cookbooks/imagery/resources/site.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/imagery/resources/site.rb
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@
                 "MS_ERRORFILE" => "stderr",
                 "GDAL_CACHEMAX" => "512"
     limit_nofile 16384
-    stop_when_unneeded true
     user "imagery"
     group "imagery"
     exec_start "/usr/bin/multiwatch -f 8 --signal=TERM -- /usr/lib/cgi-bin/mapserv"