diff --git a/contrib/redhat/gitbucket.conf b/contrib/redhat/gitbucket.conf
index c3959f36e..103778ec6 100644
--- a/contrib/redhat/gitbucket.conf
+++ b/contrib/redhat/gitbucket.conf
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 # Server port
 #GITBUCKET_PORT=8080
 
-# Force HTTPS scheme
-#GITBUCKET_HTTPS=false
-
 # Data directory (GITBUCKET_HOME/gitbucket)
 #GITBUCKET_HOME=/var/lib/gitbucket
 
diff --git a/contrib/redhat/gitbucket.init b/contrib/redhat/gitbucket.init
index 3aed80262..43e29e3e9 100644
--- a/contrib/redhat/gitbucket.init
+++ b/contrib/redhat/gitbucket.init
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ start() {
 	if [ $GITBUCKET_HOST ]; then
 		START_OPTS="${START_OPTS} --host=${GITBUCKET_HOST}"
 	fi
-	if [ $GITBUCKET_HTTPS ]; then
-		START_OPTS="${START_OPTS} --https=true"
-	fi
 
 	# Run the Java process
 	GITBUCKET_HOME="${GITBUCKET_HOME}" java $GITBUCKET_JVM_OPTS -jar $GITBUCKET_WAR_FILE $START_OPTS >>$LOG_FILE 2>&1 &