diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Editor/EditorRealTimeController.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Editor/EditorRealTimeController.coffee
index b5c1f511a4..76f4f909c1 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Editor/EditorRealTimeController.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Editor/EditorRealTimeController.coffee
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 Settings = require 'settings-sharelatex'
 redis = require("redis-sharelatex")
 rclientPub = redis.createClient(Settings.redis.web)
-rclientSub = redis.createMonitoredSubscriptionClient(Settings.redis.web)
+rclientSub = redis.createClient(Settings.redis.web)
 
 module.exports = EditorRealTimeController =
 	rclientPub: rclientPub
 	rclientSub: rclientSub
-	
-	isRedisPubSubAlive: () ->
-		rclientSub.isAlive()
 
 	emitToRoom: (room_id, message, payload...) ->
 		@rclientPub.publish "editor-events", JSON.stringify
@@ -21,9 +18,7 @@ module.exports = EditorRealTimeController =
 
 	listenForEditorEvents: () ->
 		@rclientSub.subscribe "editor-events"
-		@rclientSub.on "message", (channel, message) ->
-			return unless channel == "editor-events"
-			EditorRealTimeController._processEditorEvent(channel, message)
+		@rclientSub.on "message", @_processEditorEvent.bind(@)
 
 	_processEditorEvent: (channel, message) ->
 		io = require('../../infrastructure/Server').io
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Editor/EditorUpdatesController.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Editor/EditorUpdatesController.coffee
index 23e206c504..0233c67aaa 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Editor/EditorUpdatesController.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Editor/EditorUpdatesController.coffee
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@ logger = require "logger-sharelatex"
 metrics = require('../../infrastructure/Metrics')
 Settings = require 'settings-sharelatex'
 redis = require("redis-sharelatex")
+rclient = redis.createClient(Settings.redis.web)
 DocumentUpdaterHandler = require('../DocumentUpdater/DocumentUpdaterHandler')
 EditorRealTimeController = require("./EditorRealTimeController")
 
-rclient = redis.createMonitoredSubscriptionClient(Settings.redis.web)
-
 module.exports = EditorUpdatesController =
 	_applyUpdate: (client, project_id, doc_id, update, callback = (error) ->) ->
 		metrics.inc "editor.doc-update", 0.3
@@ -29,14 +28,9 @@ module.exports = EditorUpdatesController =
 			update.meta.user_id = user_id
 			EditorUpdatesController._applyUpdate client, project_id, doc_id, update
 		
-	isRedisPubSubAlive: () ->
-		rclient.isAlive()
-		
 	listenForUpdatesFromDocumentUpdater: () ->
 		rclient.subscribe "applied-ops"
-		rclient.on "message", (channel, message) ->
-			return unless channel == "applied-ops"
-			EditorUpdatesController._processMessageFromDocumentUpdater(channel, message)
+		rclient.on "message", @_processMessageFromDocumentUpdater.bind(@)
 		
 	_processMessageFromDocumentUpdater: (channel, message) ->
 		message = JSON.parse message
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
index ae5436cfd7..aaf81a8f16 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ AuthorizationManager = require('./Features/Security/AuthorizationManager')
 EditorController = require("./Features/Editor/EditorController")
 EditorRouter = require("./Features/Editor/EditorRouter")
 EditorUpdatesController = require("./Features/Editor/EditorUpdatesController")
-EditorRealTimeController = require("./Features/Editor/EditorRealTimeController")
 Settings = require('settings-sharelatex')
 TpdsController = require('./Features/ThirdPartyDataStore/TpdsController')
 SubscriptionRouter = require './Features/Subscription/SubscriptionRouter'
@@ -176,18 +175,6 @@ module.exports = class Router
 			req.session.destroy()
 
 		app.get '/health_check', HealthCheckController.check
-		
-		app.get '/health_check/redis/doc_updates', (req, res, next) ->
-			if EditorUpdatesController.isRedisPubSubAlive()
-				res.send(200)
-			else
-				res.send(500)
-		
-		app.get '/health_check/redis/websockets', (req, res, next) ->
-			if EditorRealTimeController.isRedisPubSubAlive()
-				res.send(200)
-			else
-				res.send(500)
 
 		app.get "/status/compiler/:Project_id", SecurityManager.requestCanAccessProject, (req, res) ->
 			sendRes = _.once (statusCode, message)->
diff --git a/services/web/package.json b/services/web/package.json
index 6a67008720..9b43687fd0 100644
--- a/services/web/package.json
+++ b/services/web/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "optimist": "0.6.1",
     "redback": "0.4.0",
     "redis": "0.10.1",
-    "redis-sharelatex": "git+https://github.com/sharelatex/redis-sharelatex.git#master",
+    "redis-sharelatex": "~0.0.4",
     "request": "2.34.0",
     "rimraf": "2.2.6",
     "sanitizer": "0.1.1",
diff --git a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Editor/EditorRealTimeControllerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Editor/EditorRealTimeControllerTests.coffee
index e4d174228d..9bb1fb3a04 100644
--- a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Editor/EditorRealTimeControllerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Editor/EditorRealTimeControllerTests.coffee
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ describe "EditorRealTimeController", ->
 			"redis-sharelatex": 
 				createClient: () ->
 					auth:->
-				createMonitoredSubscriptionClient: () ->
-					auth:->
 			"../../infrastructure/Server" : io: @io = {}
 		@EditorRealTimeController.rclientPub = publish: sinon.stub()
 		@EditorRealTimeController.rclientSub =
diff --git a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Editor/EditorUpdatesControllerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Editor/EditorUpdatesControllerTests.coffee
index 1410e82473..74d6807bb5 100644
--- a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Editor/EditorUpdatesControllerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Editor/EditorUpdatesControllerTests.coffee
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ describe "EditorUpdatesController", ->
 			"../../infrastructure/Metrics" : @metrics = { set: sinon.stub(), inc: sinon.stub() }
 			"../../infrastructure/Server" : io: @io = {}
 			"redis-sharelatex" : 
-				createMonitoredSubscriptionClient: ()=> 
+				createClient: ()=> 
 					@rclient = {auth:->}
 
 	describe "_applyUpdate", ->