diff --git a/scripts/runWorker.pl b/scripts/runWorker.pl
index 62ed68b314a3b36e86794f83ff47dc4e8cb4a147..8cc3678a27c71e309b6c7a96caaca1ea587dedb9 100755
--- a/scripts/runWorker.pl
+++ b/scripts/runWorker.pl
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ if($url) {
   $DBA = new Bio::EnsEMBL::Hive::DBSQL::DBAdaptor(%{$self->{'db_conf'}});
   $url = $DBA->url();
 }
-#$DBA->dbc->disconnect_when_inactive(1);
 
 my $queen = $DBA->get_Queen();