diff --git a/workers/sample.env b/workers/sample.env
index 8a52ed4d..41570474 100644
--- a/workers/sample.env
+++ b/workers/sample.env
@@ -146,10 +146,6 @@ CELERY_WORKER_POOL_RESTARTS=true
 CELERY_BROKER_CONNECTION_RETRY_ON_STARTUP=true
 CELERY_RESULT_CHORD_RETRY_INTERVAL=3.0
 
-# Disable AMQP heartbeats to prevent connection drops during pod shutdown.
-# Fixes duplicate task processing with prefork+acks_late. See: celery/celery#3802
-CELERY_WORKER_HEARTBEAT=0
-
 # =============================================================================
 # Worker-Specific Configuration
 # =============================================================================