diff --git a/flatland/envs/rail_env.py b/flatland/envs/rail_env.py
index 1dc24affd461ce585bceb6083df4feffe74c9b46..e4b0abd4884136fcabbabf220e492f962ef0fb71 100644
--- a/flatland/envs/rail_env.py
+++ b/flatland/envs/rail_env.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class RailEnv(Environment):
                  number_of_agents=1,
                  obs_builder_object: ObservationBuilder = GlobalObsForRailEnv(),
                  stochastic_data=None,
-                 remove_agents_at_target=True,
+                 remove_agents_at_target=False,
                  random_seed=1
                  ):
         """
diff --git a/flatland/evaluators/client.py b/flatland/evaluators/client.py
index bfb8477bb2f8a4d3d82d3391dc15a74336892f53..9322b6a8530cd3c77c246a2e74e99a8e2bc91ab9 100644
--- a/flatland/evaluators/client.py
+++ b/flatland/evaluators/client.py
@@ -202,7 +202,6 @@ class FlatlandRemoteClient(object):
         self.env = RailEnv(
             width=1,
             height=1,
-            remove_agents_at_target=True,
             rail_generator=rail_from_file(test_env_file_path),
             schedule_generator=schedule_from_file(test_env_file_path),
             obs_builder_object=obs_builder_object
diff --git a/flatland/evaluators/service.py b/flatland/evaluators/service.py
index 2265cd76a32f553fcb5b77fb1a210e25518ace2e..5c978d2939a1760e6644fd8f59689f6c8d3c19fc 100644
--- a/flatland/evaluators/service.py
+++ b/flatland/evaluators/service.py
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ class FlatlandRemoteEvaluationService:
         Obtains a new redis connection from a previously instantiated
         redis connection pool
         """
-        redis_conn = redis.Redis(connection_pool=self.redis_pool).pipeline()
+        redis_conn = redis.Redis(connection_pool=self.redis_pool)
         try:
             redis_conn.ping()
         except Exception:
diff --git a/tests/test_flaltland_rail_agent_status.py b/tests/test_flaltland_rail_agent_status.py
index 3c1d5e70c0cd8591cbf62cae5d319cd1a6640731..987be3967746c7859414e24a452baab7758ee46b 100644
--- a/tests/test_flaltland_rail_agent_status.py
+++ b/tests/test_flaltland_rail_agent_status.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ def test_initial_status():
                   height=rail_map.shape[0],
                   rail_generator=rail_from_grid_transition_map(rail),
                   schedule_generator=random_schedule_generator(),
-                  remove_agents_at_target=False,
                   number_of_agents=1,
                   obs_builder_object=TreeObsForRailEnv(max_depth=2, predictor=ShortestPathPredictorForRailEnv()),
                   )
diff --git a/tests/test_flatland_envs_observations.py b/tests/test_flatland_envs_observations.py
index 0457c037e86cf38d3622cef6085665efbcff4ca9..8f91088a205c92ec1d79fc9b3909a4c80ca72db5 100644
--- a/tests/test_flatland_envs_observations.py
+++ b/tests/test_flatland_envs_observations.py
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ def test_reward_function_waiting(rendering=False):
     rail, rail_map = make_simple_rail()
     env = RailEnv(width=rail_map.shape[1],
                   height=rail_map.shape[0],
-                  remove_agents_at_target=False,
                   rail_generator=rail_from_grid_transition_map(rail),
                   schedule_generator=random_schedule_generator(),
                   number_of_agents=2,
diff --git a/tests/test_flatland_envs_sparse_rail_generator.py b/tests/test_flatland_envs_sparse_rail_generator.py
index 8f93786acefd82e76edd3441211f6e59dcdfa74e..a07c1a59816ee1bb40ef747b4748f16ee472b684 100644
--- a/tests/test_flatland_envs_sparse_rail_generator.py
+++ b/tests/test_flatland_envs_sparse_rail_generator.py
@@ -1335,7 +1335,6 @@ def test_rail_env_action_required_info():
                         1. / 4.: 0.25}  # Slow freight train
     env_always_action = RailEnv(width=50,
                                 height=50,
-                                remove_agents_at_target=False,
                                 rail_generator=sparse_rail_generator(
                                     max_num_cities=10,
                                     max_rails_between_cities=3,
@@ -1350,7 +1349,6 @@ def test_rail_env_action_required_info():
     random.seed(0)
     env_only_if_action_required = RailEnv(width=50,
                                           height=50,
-                                          remove_agents_at_target=False,
                                           rail_generator=sparse_rail_generator(
                                               max_num_cities=10,
                                               max_rails_between_cities=3,