diff --git a/assets/init b/assets/init
index 9b9b87b3..514af3aa 100755
--- a/assets/init
+++ b/assets/init
@@ -433,13 +433,6 @@ EOF
 	esac
 	crontab -u git /tmp/cron.git && rm -rf /tmp/cron.git
 
-	# kickstart the rails application
-	if [ "${GITLAB_HTTPS}" == "true" ]; then
-		wget --no-check-certificate "https://${GITLAB_HOST}" -O /dev/null
-	else
-		wget "http://${GITLAB_HOST}" -O /dev/null
-	fi
-
 	# watch the access logs
 	tail -F /var/log/nginx/gitlab_access.log
 }