diff --git a/reflex/config.py b/reflex/config.py
index c83317dbe..dbc88619b 100644
--- a/reflex/config.py
+++ b/reflex/config.py
@@ -679,10 +679,7 @@ class Config(Base):
     # Number of gunicorn workers from user
     gunicorn_workers: Optional[int] = None
 
-    # To disable gunicorn max requests ( next two config values )
-    gunicorn_max_request_disabled: bool = False
-
-    # Number of requests before a worker is restarted
+    # Number of requests before a worker is restarted; set to 0 to disable
     gunicorn_max_requests: int = 100
 
     # Variance limit for max requests; gunicorn only
diff --git a/reflex/utils/exec.py b/reflex/utils/exec.py
index 3408929bb..c6f8adb8d 100644
--- a/reflex/utils/exec.py
+++ b/reflex/utils/exec.py
@@ -368,14 +368,8 @@ def run_uvicorn_backend_prod(host: str, port: int, loglevel: LogLevel):
 
     app_module = get_app_module()
 
-    if config.gunicorn_max_request_disabled:
-        run_backend_prod = f"gunicorn --worker-class {config.gunicorn_worker_class}  --preload --timeout {config.timeout} --log-level critical".split()
-        run_backend_prod_windows = (
-            f"uvicorn --timeout-keep-alive {config.timeout}".split()
-        )
-    else:
-        run_backend_prod = f"gunicorn --worker-class {config.gunicorn_worker_class} --max-requests {config.gunicorn_max_requests} --max-requests-jitter {config.gunicorn_max_requests_jitter} --preload --timeout {config.timeout} --log-level critical".split()
-        run_backend_prod_windows = f"uvicorn --limit-max-requests {config.gunicorn_max_requests} --timeout-keep-alive {config.timeout}".split()
+    run_backend_prod = f"gunicorn --worker-class {config.gunicorn_worker_class} {f'--max-requests {config.gunicorn_max_requests} --max-requests-jitter {config.gunicorn_max_requests_jitter}' if config.gunicorn_max_requests > 0 else ''} --preload --timeout {config.timeout} --log-level critical".split()
+    run_backend_prod_windows = f"uvicorn {f'--limit-max-requests {config.gunicorn_max_requests}' if config.gunicorn_max_requests > 0 else ''} --timeout-keep-alive {config.timeout}".split()
     command = (
         [
             *run_backend_prod_windows,