diff --git a/chaos_monkey/control.py b/chaos_monkey/control.py
index d86f83998..21ded91e2 100644
--- a/chaos_monkey/control.py
+++ b/chaos_monkey/control.py
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ class ControlClient(object):
                 return None
         else:
             proxy_class = HTTPConnectProxy
-            target_addr, target_port = WormConfiguration.current_server.split(':', 1)
-            target_port = int(target_port)
+            target_addr, target_port = None, None
 
         return tunnel.MonkeyTunnel(proxy_class, target_addr=target_addr, target_port=target_port)