diff --git a/playbooks/roles/services/deploy/lrproxy/meta/argument_specs.yml b/playbooks/roles/services/deploy/lrproxy/meta/argument_specs.yml
index 738bcb3..8ae8103 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/services/deploy/lrproxy/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/services/deploy/lrproxy/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,3 @@ argument_specs:
         type: "dict"
         elem: "dict"
         required: true
-      services_deploy_lrproxy_ignore_unreachable_rproxy:
-        type: "bool"
-        required: true
diff --git a/playbooks/services.yml b/playbooks/services.yml
index f4a28db..e5ded9f 100644
--- a/playbooks/services.yml
+++ b/playbooks/services.yml
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@
             - "services:deploy"
             - "services:deploy:{{ services_service_name }}"
             - "services:{{ services_service_name }}:deploy"
-      vars:
-        services_deploy_lrproxy_ignore_unreachable_rproxy: "\
-          {{ not (the_nine_worlds_production | bool) }}"
       loop: "{{ services_host_services | dict2items | map(attribute='key') }}"
       loop_control:
         loop_var: "services_service_name"