diff --git a/scripts/nagios/check-rabbitmq-consumers b/scripts/nagios/check-rabbitmq-consumers
index 08636c8679..c78711f764 100755
--- a/scripts/nagios/check-rabbitmq-consumers
+++ b/scripts/nagios/check-rabbitmq-consumers
@@ -23,12 +23,8 @@ if "USER" in os.environ and not os.environ["USER"] in ["root", "rabbitmq"]:
     print("This script must be run as the root or rabbitmq user")
 
 
-usage = """Usage: check-rabbitmq-consumers --min-threshold=[min-threshold]"""
-
-parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(usage=usage)
-parser.add_argument("--min-threshold", dest="min_count", type=int, default=1)
-
-options = parser.parse_args()
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.parse_args()
 
 config_file = get_config_file()
 TORNADO_PROCESSES = len(get_tornado_ports(config_file))
@@ -61,7 +57,7 @@ for queue_name in consumers.keys():
     state_file_path = "/var/lib/nagios_state/check-rabbitmq-consumers-" + queue_name
     state_file_tmp = state_file_path + "-tmp"
 
-    target_count = options.min_count
+    target_count = 1
     if queue_name == "notify_tornado":
         target_count = TORNADO_PROCESSES