diff --git a/app/jobs/send_email_to_leaders_job.rb b/app/jobs/send_email_to_leaders_job.rb
index df581fa5..b7c352e2 100644
--- a/app/jobs/send_email_to_leaders_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/send_email_to_leaders_job.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 class SendEmailToLeadersJob < ActiveJob::Base
   queue_as :default
 
-  def perform(user_id)
-    user = User.find(user_id)
-
-    User.community_leaders_nearby(user.latitude, user.longitude, 50).each do |leader|
-      UserMailer.new_user_in_leader_area(leader, user)
-    end
+  def perform(_user_id)
+    logger.debug 'Deprecated pathway, trying to determine what is placing this on queue.'
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/jobs/slack_jobs/inviter_job.rb b/app/jobs/slack_jobs/inviter_job.rb
index 95a0ab0f..ba8388b0 100644
--- a/app/jobs/slack_jobs/inviter_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/slack_jobs/inviter_job.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 class SlackJobs
   class InviterJob < SlackJobs
-    def perform(email)
+    def perform(_email)
       # Invites user to general channel
-      slack_client.invite(email: email, channels: ['C03GSNF77'])
+      logger.debug 'Deprecated pathway, trying to determine what is placing this on queue.'
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/jobs/slack_jobs/notifier_job.rb b/app/jobs/slack_jobs/notifier_job.rb
index 24e0e2c4..f36e047f 100644
--- a/app/jobs/slack_jobs/notifier_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/slack_jobs/notifier_job.rb
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ class SlackJobs
   class SlackNotifierJob < SlackJobs
     queue_as :default
 
-    def perform(message, channel: '#general')
-      res = slack_client.post_message_to channel: channel, with_text: message
-      Rails.logger.debug("Notified channel: #{res.inspect}")
+    def perform(_message, *)
+      logger.debug 'Deprecated pathway, trying to determine what is placing this on queue.'
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb b/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
index 443b0f99..6b952b8a 100644
--- a/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,17 @@
 #
 Sidekiq.configure_server do |config|
   ENV['DATABASE_URL'] = ENV['POSTGRES_HOST'].present? ? ENV['POSTGRES_HOST'] : 'operationcode-psql'
+  # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28412913/disable-automatic-retry-with-activejob-used-with-sidekiq
+  # prevent excessive retries from some default status.
+  config.death_handlers << lambda { |job, e|
+    # thanks rob for the nice message
+    evt = Raven::Event.new(message: "#{job['class']} #{job['jid']} done run outta tries.")
+    Raven.send_event(evt)
+  }
 
+  config.server_middleware do |chain|
+    chain.add Sidekiq::Middleware::Server::RetryJobs, maxretries: 5
+  end
   Rails.logger = Sidekiq::Logging.logger
   ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Sidekiq::Logging.logger
 end
diff --git a/test/jobs/send_email_to_leaders_job_test.rb b/test/jobs/send_email_to_leaders_job_test.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 17e6892f..00000000
--- a/test/jobs/send_email_to_leaders_job_test.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-require 'test_helper'
-
-class SendEmailToLeadersJobTest < ActiveJob::TestCase
-  test 'send email to leaders if someone signs up within X miles' do
-    User.any_instance.stubs(:geocode)
-    user = create(:user, email: 'static@email.com', latitude: 40.7, longitude: -73.8)
-    leader_user = create(:user, latitude: 40.7001, longitude: -73.8001)
-    leader_user.tag_list.add(User::LEADER)
-    leader_user.save
-    UserMailer.expects(:new_user_in_leader_area).with(leader_user, user)
-    SendEmailToLeadersJob.perform_now(user.id)
-  end
-end
diff --git a/test/models/user_test.rb b/test/models/user_test.rb
index e044d631..b97a22e9 100644
--- a/test/models/user_test.rb
+++ b/test/models/user_test.rb
@@ -185,21 +185,6 @@ def user_opts
     refute '@example.com' =~ User::VALID_EMAIL
   end
 
-  test '.community_leaders_nearby returns leaders within a radius from a lat/long' do
-    User.any_instance.stubs(:geocode)
-    tom = create :user, latitude: 1, longitude: 1
-    tom.tag_list.add(User::LEADER)
-    tom.save!
-    far_away_leader = create :user, latitude: 20, longitude: 20
-    far_away_leader.tag_list.add(User::LEADER)
-    far_away_leader.save!
-    not_a_leader = create :user, latitude: 1, longitude: 1
-    results = User.community_leaders_nearby(1, 1, 10)
-    assert_includes results, tom
-    assert_not_includes results, far_away_leader
-    assert_not_includes results, not_a_leader
-  end
-
   test '.fetch_social_user_and_redirect_path returns the user and redirect path in an array' do
     data = { first_name: 'Sterling', last_name: 'Archer', email: 'cyril@kickme.org', zip: '12345', password: 'VoiceMail' }
     results = User.fetch_social_user_and_redirect_path(data)