diff --git a/lib/synapse/haproxy.rb b/lib/synapse/haproxy.rb
index 8fb9f970..496f12ee 100644
--- a/lib/synapse/haproxy.rb
+++ b/lib/synapse/haproxy.rb
@@ -538,7 +538,6 @@ def initialize(opts)
       @opts['do_writes'] = true unless @opts.key?('do_writes')
       @opts['do_socket'] = true unless @opts.key?('do_socket')
       @opts['do_reloads'] = true unless @opts.key?('do_reloads')
-      @opts['ignore_weights'] = true unless @opts.key?('ignore_weights')
 
       # how to restart haproxy
       @restart_interval = @opts.fetch('restart_interval', 2).to_i
@@ -749,10 +748,10 @@ def generate_backend_stanza(watcher, config)
             end
           end
           b = "#{b} #{watcher.haproxy['server_options']}" if watcher.haproxy['server_options']
-          if !@opts['ignore_weights'] && backend.has_key?('weight')
+          if backend.has_key?('weight')
             # Check if server_options already contains weight, is so log a warning
             if watcher.haproxy['server_options'].include? 'weight'
-              log.info "synapse: weight is defined by server_options and by nerve"
+              log.warn "synapse: weight is defined by server_options and by nerve"
             end
             weight = backend['weight'].to_i
             b = "#{b} weight #{weight}"
diff --git a/spec/lib/synapse/service_watcher_base_spec.rb b/spec/lib/synapse/service_watcher_base_spec.rb
index 9b7bcbcf..42621575 100644
--- a/spec/lib/synapse/service_watcher_base_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/synapse/service_watcher_base_spec.rb
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def remove_arg(name)
       end
     end
 
-    context 'with ignore_weights set to false' do
+    context 'with weights defined' do
       let(:backends_with_weight)  { [
         { 'name' => 'server1', 'host' => 'server1', 'port' => 1111, 'weight' => 11 },
         { 'name' => 'server2', 'host' => 'server2', 'port' => 2222, 'weight' => 22 },
diff --git a/spec/support/minimum.conf.yaml b/spec/support/minimum.conf.yaml
index 87775393..5df62fb9 100644
--- a/spec/support/minimum.conf.yaml
+++ b/spec/support/minimum.conf.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ haproxy:
   config_file_path: "/etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg"
   do_writes: false
   do_reloads: false
-  ignore_weights: false
   global:
     - global_test_option