diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e533b77511..b1f21bf4e2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ runserver:
 
 # Run to start the background celery worker for development.
 celeryd:
-	$(PYTHON) manage.py celeryd -l DEBUG -B --autoreload
+	$(PYTHON) manage.py celeryd -l DEBUG -B
 
 # Run all API unit tests.
 test: