diff --git a/mastodon.nix b/mastodon.nix
index 8e2c327..9a5037b 100644
--- a/mastodon.nix
+++ b/mastodon.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ let
   sidekiq-manager = pkgs.writers.writePython3 "sidekiq-manager" {} ''
     from itertools import permutations
     from subprocess import Popen
-    from time import sleep
 
 
     def sidekiq(queues, connections=16):
@@ -53,17 +52,6 @@ let
     queues = ['default', 'push', 'ingress']
     procs += [sidekiq(qs) for qs in permutations(queues)]
 
-    for p in procs:
-        sleep(1)
-        if p.poll():
-            # one of the queues is dead
-            break
-
-    # terminate the rest queues
-    for p in procs:
-        # https://github.com/sidekiq/sidekiq/wiki/Signals#term
-        p.terminate()
-
     for p in procs:
         p.wait()
   '';