diff --git a/apache_status/conf.d/apache_status.pyconf b/apache_status/conf.d/apache_status.pyconf
index 40c48e1b..a6ad007a 100644
--- a/apache_status/conf.d/apache_status.pyconf
+++ b/apache_status/conf.d/apache_status.pyconf
@@ -6,15 +6,13 @@ modules {
         value = "http://localhost:7070/server-status"
     }
 
-    param virtual_host {
-        value = "health"
-    }
-
     # Which metric group should these metrics be put into
     param metric_group {
         value = "apache"
     }
 
+    # Collecting SSL metrics under Apache 2.2 appears to cause a memory leak
+    # in mod_status. Watch Apache memory utilization if you enable them
     param collect_ssl {
         value = False
     }
diff --git a/apache_status/python_modules/apache_status.py b/apache_status/python_modules/apache_status.py
index 46debc16..d718a92b 100755
--- a/apache_status/python_modules/apache_status.py
+++ b/apache_status/python_modules/apache_status.py
@@ -379,8 +379,7 @@ def metric_cleanup():
     try:
         params = {
             'url'         : 'http://localhost:7070/server-status',
-            'collect_ssl' : True
-            #'virtual_host': 'health',
+            'collect_ssl' : False
             }
         metric_init(params)
         while True: