diff --git a/lib/gitlab/exclusive_lease.rb b/lib/gitlab/exclusive_lease.rb
index c2260a5f7acc806d29d9e6061237ad429fb5474a..ffe49364379b253df0c45d9bb061d1765401bdc0 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/exclusive_lease.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/exclusive_lease.rb
@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@ module Gitlab
 
     private
 
-    def redis
-      # Maybe someday we want to use a connection pool...
-      @redis ||= Redis.new(url: Gitlab::RedisConfig.url)
-    end
-
     def redis_key
       "gitlab:exclusive_lease:#{@key}"
     end