diff --git a/pkg/utils/flags.go b/pkg/utils/flags.go
index a2bfbc60..7e71370b 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/flags.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/flags.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ type OSArgs struct {
 	SyncPeriod                 time.Duration  `long:"sync-period" default:"5s" description:"Sets the period at which the controller syncs HAProxy configuration file"`
 	CacheResyncPeriod          time.Duration  `long:"cache-resync-period" default:"10m" description:"Sets the underlying Shared Informer resync period: resyncing controller with informers cache"`
 	HealthzBindPort            int64          `long:"healthz-bind-port" default:"1042" description:"port to listen on for probes"`
-	HealthzBindThread          string         `long:"healthz-bind-thread" description:"default healthz service bind thread params eg: 1-1" default:"1-1"`
+	HealthzBindThread          string         `long:"healthz-bind-thread" description:"default healthz service bind thread params eg: 1-1" default:""`
 	LogLevel                   LogLevelValue  `long:"log" default:"info" description:"level of log messages you can see"`
 	DisableIPV4                bool           `long:"disable-ipv4" description:"toggle to disable the IPv4 protocol from all frontends"`
 	External                   bool           `short:"e" long:"external" description:"use as external Ingress Controller (out of k8s cluster)"`