diff --git a/doc/source/zuul.rst b/doc/source/zuul.rst
index d8d72e6..98e4bb8 100644
--- a/doc/source/zuul.rst
+++ b/doc/source/zuul.rst
@@ -997,9 +997,8 @@
 
 If you send signal 1 (SIGHUP) to the zuul-server process, Zuul will
 stop executing new jobs, wait until all executing jobs are finished,
-reload its configuration, and resume.  Any values in any of the
-configuration files may be changed, except the location of Zuul's PID
-file (a change to that will be ignored until Zuul is restarted).
+reload its layout.yaml, and resume. Changes to any connections or
+the PID  file will be ignored until Zuul is restarted.
 
 If you send a SIGUSR1 to the zuul-server process, Zuul will stop
 executing new jobs, wait until all executing jobs are finished,
diff --git a/zuul/cmd/server.py b/zuul/cmd/server.py
index 2aca4f2..b1cd050 100755
--- a/zuul/cmd/server.py
+++ b/zuul/cmd/server.py
@@ -61,12 +61,9 @@
     def reconfigure_handler(self, signum, frame):
         signal.signal(signal.SIGHUP, signal.SIG_IGN)
         self.log.debug("Reconfiguration triggered")
-        self.sched.stopConnections()
         self.read_config()
         self.setup_logging('zuul', 'log_config')
         try:
-            self.configure_connections()
-            self.sched.registerConnections(self.connections)
             self.sched.reconfigure(self.config)
         except Exception:
             self.log.exception("Reconfiguration failed:")