diff --git a/srcpkgs/couchdb/files/couchdb/run b/srcpkgs/couchdb/files/couchdb/run
index 6d77b394b5c..25d1abb8272 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/couchdb/files/couchdb/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/couchdb/files/couchdb/run
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 export HOME=/var/lib/couchdb
 mkdir -p /var/run/couchdb
 chown couchdb /var/run/couchdb
-exec chpst -u couchdb:couchdb couchdb   -r 5 -b  -o /dev/null  -e /dev/null
+exec chpst -u couchdb:couchdb couchdb -r 5 -o /dev/null  -e /dev/null