diff --git a/coulomb_social/settings/prod.py b/coulomb_social/settings/prod.py
index 004c6da..9030dd7 100644
--- a/coulomb_social/settings/prod.py
+++ b/coulomb_social/settings/prod.py
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ DEBUG = False
 SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO", "https")
 SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = True
 CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE = True
-SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT = config("SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT", default=True, cast=bool)
+# TLS terminates at ingress; probes hit the pod over plain HTTP.
+SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT = config("SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT", default=False, cast=bool)