diff --git a/runtime/functions b/runtime/functions
index c47815f..4457139 100755
--- a/runtime/functions
+++ b/runtime/functions
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ configure_recovery() {
       exec_as_postgres touch ${PG_RECOVERY_CONF}
       ( echo "standby_mode = 'on'";
         echo "primary_conninfo = 'host=${REPLICATION_HOST} port=${REPLICATION_PORT} user=${REPLICATION_USER} password=${REPLICATION_PASS} sslmode=${REPLICATION_SSLMODE}'";
-        echo "trigger_file = '/tmp/postgresql.trigger'" ) > ${PG_RECOVERY_CONF}
+      ) > ${PG_RECOVERY_CONF}
     else
       set_recovery_param "host"      "${REPLICATION_HOST}"
       set_recovery_param "port"      "${REPLICATION_PORT}"