diff --git a/daemon/main.c b/daemon/main.c
index ddfbe44f3..7bcbdeae7 100644
--- a/daemon/main.c
+++ b/daemon/main.c
@@ -488,8 +488,12 @@ static void options(int *argc, char ***argv) {
 		{ "redis-disable-time", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT, &rtpe_config.redis_disable_time, "Number of seconds redis communication is disabled because of errors", "INT" },
 		{ "redis-cmd-timeout", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT, &rtpe_config.redis_cmd_timeout, "Sets a timeout in milliseconds for redis commands", "INT" },
 		{ "redis-connect-timeout", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT, &rtpe_config.redis_connect_timeout, "Sets a timeout in milliseconds for redis connections", "INT" },
+#if 0
+		// temporarily disabled, see discussion on https://github.com/sipwise/rtpengine/commit/2ebf5a1526c1ce8093b3011a1e23c333b3f99400
+		// related to Change-Id: I83d9b9a844f4f494ad37b44f5d1312f272beff3f
 		{ "redis-delete-async", 'y', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT, &rtpe_config.redis_delete_async, "Enable asynchronous redis delete", NULL },
 		{ "redis-delete-async-interval", 'y', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT, &rtpe_config.redis_delete_async_interval, "Set asynchronous redis delete interval (seconds)", NULL },
+#endif
 		{ "active-switchover", 0,0,G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	&rtpe_config.active_switchover, "Use call activity as indicator of active/standby state", NULL },
 		{ "b2b-url",	'b', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&rtpe_config.b2b_url,	"XMLRPC URL of B2B UA"	,	"STRING"	},
 		{ "log-facility-cdr",0,  0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &log_facility_cdr_s, "Syslog facility to use for logging CDRs", "daemon|local0|...|local7"},