diff --git a/awx/main/dispatch/worker/task.py b/awx/main/dispatch/worker/task.py
index c9375804c2..eda332c146 100644
--- a/awx/main/dispatch/worker/task.py
+++ b/awx/main/dispatch/worker/task.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import time
 
 from django_guid import set_guid
 
-
 logger = logging.getLogger('awx.main.dispatch')
 
 
diff --git a/awx/main/management/commands/run_dispatcher.py b/awx/main/management/commands/run_dispatcher.py
index dc7dcd4c8d..e5cdd703f4 100644
--- a/awx/main/management/commands/run_dispatcher.py
+++ b/awx/main/management/commands/run_dispatcher.py
@@ -62,5 +62,12 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             print(yaml.dump(results, default_flow_style=False))
             return
 
+        self.configure_dispatcher_logging()
+        # Close the connection, because the pg_notify broker will create new async connection
+        connection.close()
+        django_cache.close()
+        dispatcher_setup(get_dispatcherd_config(for_service=True))
+        run_service()
+
         dispatcher_setup(get_dispatcherd_config(for_service=True))
         run_service()
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/settings_for_test.py b/awx/main/tests/settings_for_test.py
index b7d5cdf023..5634494c33 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/settings_for_test.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/settings_for_test.py
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ from awx.settings.development import *  # NOQA
 # Some things make decisions based on settings.SETTINGS_MODULE, so this is done for that
 SETTINGS_MODULE = 'awx.settings.development'
 
-# Turn off task submission, because sqlite3 does not have pg_notify
-DISPATCHER_MOCK_PUBLISH = True
-
 # Use SQLite for unit tests instead of PostgreSQL.  If the lines below are
 # commented out, Django will create the test_awx-dev database in PostgreSQL to
 # run unit tests.
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/unit/test_settings.py b/awx/main/tests/unit/test_settings.py
index 5103d0759e..ee517d6a87 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/unit/test_settings.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/unit/test_settings.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ LOCAL_SETTINGS = (
     'CACHES',
     'DEBUG',
     'NAMED_URL_GRAPH',
-    'DISPATCHER_MOCK_PUBLISH',
     # Platform flags are managed by the platform flags system and have environment-specific defaults
     'FEATURE_INDIRECT_NODE_COUNTING_ENABLED',
 )
diff --git a/awx/settings/defaults.py b/awx/settings/defaults.py
index 04490866f7..981e3d80b6 100644
--- a/awx/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/awx/settings/defaults.py
@@ -416,11 +416,6 @@ EXECUTION_NODE_REMEDIATION_CHECKS = 60 * 30  # once every 30 minutes check if an
 # Amount of time dispatcher will try to reconnect to database for jobs and consuming new work
 DISPATCHER_DB_DOWNTIME_TOLERANCE = 40
 
-# If you set this, nothing will ever be sent to pg_notify
-# this is not practical to use, although periodic schedules may still run slugish but functional tasks
-# sqlite3 based tests will use this
-DISPATCHER_MOCK_PUBLISH = False
-
 BROKER_URL = 'unix:///var/run/redis/redis.sock'
 REDIS_RETRY_COUNT = 3  # Number of retries for Redis connection errors
 REDIS_BACKOFF_CAP = 1.0  # Maximum backoff delay in seconds for Redis retries