diff --git a/api-gateway-config/scripts/lua/management.lua b/api-gateway-config/scripts/lua/management.lua
index ad87c0b..8734210 100644
--- a/api-gateway-config/scripts/lua/management.lua
+++ b/api-gateway-config/scripts/lua/management.lua
@@ -516,19 +516,6 @@
   request.success(200, {})
 end
 
-------------------------------
------ Pub/Sub with Redis -----
-------------------------------
-
---- Subscribe to redis
--- GET /v1/subscribe
-function _M.subscribe()
-  redis.init(REDIS_HOST, REDIS_PORT, REDIS_PASS)
-  logger.info(utils.concatStrings({"Connected to redis at ", REDIS_HOST, ":", REDIS_PORT}))
-  while true do end
-  ngx.exit(200)
-end
-
 ----------------------------
 ------- Health Check -------
 ----------------------------
diff --git a/init.sh b/init.sh
index aa7269f..6a41aa1 100755
--- a/init.sh
+++ b/init.sh
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@
 if [[ -n "${redis_host}" && -n "${redis_port}" ]]; then
     sleep 1  # sleep until api-gateway is set up
     tail -f /var/log/api-gateway/access.log -f /var/log/api-gateway/error.log \
-         -f /var/log/api-gateway/gateway_error.log -f /var/log/api-gateway/management.log &
-    curl -s http://0.0.0.0:9000/v1/subscribe # subscribe to redis key changes for routes
+         -f /var/log/api-gateway/gateway_error.log -f /var/log/api-gateway/management.log
 else
     echo "REDIS_HOST and/or REDIS_PORT not defined"
 fi