diff --git a/manifests/loadbalancer.pp b/manifests/loadbalancer.pp
index 86d08c81..19a0219c 100644
--- a/manifests/loadbalancer.pp
+++ b/manifests/loadbalancer.pp
@@ -535,7 +535,6 @@ class cloud::loadbalancer(
     auth_type     => $keepalived_auth_type,
     auth_pass     => $keepalived_auth_pass,
     notify_master => $::cloud::params::start_haproxy_service,
-    notify_backup => $::cloud::params::stop_haproxy_service,
   }
 
 
@@ -558,7 +557,6 @@ class cloud::loadbalancer(
         auth_type     => $keepalived_auth_type,
         auth_pass     => $keepalived_auth_pass,
         notify_master => $::cloud::params::start_haproxy_service,
-        notify_backup => $::cloud::params::stop_haproxy_service,
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 6c0bf4e4..da77ffc0 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ class cloud::params {
     'RedHat': {
       # Specific to Red Hat
       $start_haproxy_service      = '"/usr/bin/systemctl start haproxy"'
-      $stop_haproxy_service       = '"/usr/bin/systemctl stop haproxy"'
       $horizon_auth_url           = 'dashboard'
       $libvirt_service_name       = 'libvirtd'
       $keepalived_name_is_process = false
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ class cloud::params {
     'Debian': {
       # Specific to Debian / Ubuntu
       $start_haproxy_service      = '"/etc/init.d/haproxy start"'
-      $stop_haproxy_service       = '"/etc/init.d/haproxy stop"'
       $horizon_auth_url           = 'horizon'
       $keepalived_name_is_process = true
       $keepalived_vrrp_script     = undef
diff --git a/spec/classes/cloud_loadbalancer_spec.rb b/spec/classes/cloud_loadbalancer_spec.rb
index 3c37fe23..78b49b64 100644
--- a/spec/classes/cloud_loadbalancer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/cloud_loadbalancer_spec.rb
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ describe 'cloud::loadbalancer' do
           'auth_type'            => 'PASS',
           'auth_pass'            => 'secret',
           'notify_master'        => "#{platform_params[:start_haproxy_service]}",
-          'notify_backup'        => "#{platform_params[:stop_haproxy_service]}",
         })
       end
     end
@@ -167,7 +166,6 @@ describe 'cloud::loadbalancer' do
           'auth_type'            => 'PASS',
           'auth_pass'            => 'secret',
           'notify_master'        => "#{platform_params[:start_haproxy_service]}",
-          'notify_backup'        => "#{platform_params[:stop_haproxy_service]}",
         })
       end # configure vrrp_instance with BACKUP state
       it 'configure haproxy server without service managed' do
@@ -188,7 +186,6 @@ describe 'cloud::loadbalancer' do
           'auth_type'            => 'PASS',
           'auth_pass'            => 'secret',
           'notify_master'        => "#{platform_params[:start_haproxy_service]}",
-          'notify_backup'        => "#{platform_params[:stop_haproxy_service]}",
         })
       end
       it 'configure haproxy server with service managed' do
@@ -620,7 +617,6 @@ describe 'cloud::loadbalancer' do
     let :platform_params do
       { :auth_url                   => 'dashboard',
         :start_haproxy_service      => '"/usr/bin/systemctl start haproxy"',
-        :stop_haproxy_service       => '"/usr/bin/systemctl stop haproxy"',
         :keepalived_name_is_process => 'false',
         :keepalived_vrrp_script     => 'systemctl status haproxy.service',
       }