diff --git a/contrib/init.d/rc.debian.asterisk b/contrib/init.d/rc.debian.asterisk
index 5b85b076f1..81c95a5fec 100755
--- a/contrib/init.d/rc.debian.asterisk
+++ b/contrib/init.d/rc.debian.asterisk
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ case "$1" in
 	# "start-stop-daemon --oknodo" returns 0 even if Asterisk was already running (as LSB expects):
 	if test "x$COLOR" = "xyes" ; then
 		export TERM=linux
-		start-stop-daemon --start --oknodo --background --exec $DAEMON -- $ASTARGS -c
+		start-stop-daemon --start --oknodo --background --exec $DAEMON -- $ASTARGS
 	else
 		start-stop-daemon --start --oknodo --exec $DAEMON -- $ASTARGS
 	fi