diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index d0613c301eaeefcae0bb301821bb49d8005b5802..a6f2b36d31ced742e28db57ad31581874d0978b7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ v 6.8.0
   - Changed permission of gitlab-satellites directory not to be world accessible
   - Protected branch does not allow force push
   - Fix popen bug in `rake gitlab:satellites:create`
+  - Disable connection reaping for MySQL
 
 v 6.7.3
   - Fix the merge notification email not being sent (Pierre de La Morinerie)
diff --git a/config/database.yml.mysql b/config/database.yml.mysql
index 6943aaca45b025fd4765024d0aca2df6d4d8a29a..55ac088bc1df920a4c11fc3741f3b3cecb410b97 100644
--- a/config/database.yml.mysql
+++ b/config/database.yml.mysql
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ production:
   reconnect: false
   database: gitlabhq_production
   pool: 10
-  reaping_frequency: 10
   username: git
   password: "secure password"
   # host: localhost