diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index e7febbb3ff8..baa304a8ecd 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 GIT
   remote: https://github.com/discourse/rails_failover
-  revision: a8785298ad5c89869c315d53d5f7243ec9443b55
+  revision: e9893a3920809c9a1bca4f7ae07b7243b2cd127e
   specs:
     rails_failover (0.4.0)
       activerecord (~> 6.0)
-      listen (~> 3.2)
       railties (~> 6.0)
 
 GEM
diff --git a/config/initializers/002-rails_failover.rb b/config/initializers/002-rails_failover.rb
index 5b65d579f19..570248c7481 100644
--- a/config/initializers/002-rails_failover.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/002-rails_failover.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ if ENV["ACTIVE_RECORD_RAILS_FAILOVER"]
       Discourse.disable_readonly_mode(Discourse::PG_READONLY_MODE_KEY)
     end
 
-    Sidekiq.unpause!
+    Sidekiq.unpause! if Sidekiq.pause?
   end
 
   module Discourse
diff --git a/lib/discourse.rb b/lib/discourse.rb
index 5da2acb15e9..c46d91e3625 100644
--- a/lib/discourse.rb
+++ b/lib/discourse.rb
@@ -661,10 +661,6 @@ module Discourse
     # re-establish
     Sidekiq.redis = sidekiq_redis_config
 
-    if ENV['ACTIVE_RECORD_RAILS_FAILOVER']
-      RailsFailover::ActiveRecord.after_fork
-    end
-
     # in case v8 was initialized we want to make sure it is nil
     PrettyText.reset_context