diff --git a/software/slaprunner/buildout.hash.cfg b/software/slaprunner/buildout.hash.cfg
index 7666d53d537c67be675cd82e4f6abf696041e076..a3b9ec20949517c59c5fa34c703ce7c36ad1a9e7 100644
--- a/software/slaprunner/buildout.hash.cfg
+++ b/software/slaprunner/buildout.hash.cfg
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ md5sum = 37eea89042a58127c85e6b3886260e59
 
 [template-supervisord]
 filename = template/supervisord.conf.in
-md5sum = a7ae4e207df55dab2d01d67ddc7cb1b9
+md5sum = d294d0dafd265048399de6da8c96345f
 
 [template-listener-slapgrid]
 filename = template/listener_slapgrid.py.in
diff --git a/software/slaprunner/template/supervisord.conf.in b/software/slaprunner/template/supervisord.conf.in
index 416eee86a5ef0a7e6900178abdae0b5273f683ea..d9b46f111510b55c263bd8609e4ef30756e71be2 100644
--- a/software/slaprunner/template/supervisord.conf.in
+++ b/software/slaprunner/template/supervisord.conf.in
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ port = {{ supervisord['server'] }}
 [supervisord]
 logfile = {{ supervisord['logfile'] }}
 pidfile = {{ supervisord['pidfile'] }}
-#raise soft limit of N(ofile) so we can use > 1024 fds
-#needed for example for wendelin.core arrays + connections
-minfds = 65536
 
 [rpcinterface:supervisor]
 supervisor.rpcinterface_factory = supervisor.rpcinterface:make_main_rpcinterface