diff -r 1b9fd8bda1cd -r 89611a994572 cubicweb/wsgi/server.py
--- a/cubicweb/wsgi/server.py	Mon Mar 06 15:16:53 2017 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/wsgi/server.py	Mon Mar 06 13:15:51 2017 +0100
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
     httpd.set_app(app)
     repo = app.appli.repo
     try:
-        repo.start_looping_tasks()
         LOGGER.info('starting http server on %s', config['base-url'])
         httpd.serve_forever()
     finally: