diff --git a/esbuild/esbuild.js b/esbuild/esbuild.js
index 4804f0e25f..8c386c86e4 100644
--- a/esbuild/esbuild.js
+++ b/esbuild/esbuild.js
@@ -446,9 +446,9 @@ function run_build_command_for_apps(apps) {
 
 async function notify_redis({ error, success, changed_files }) {
 	// notify redis which in turns tells socketio to publish this to browser
-	let subscriber = get_redis_subscriber("redis_socketio");
+	let subscriber = get_redis_subscriber("redis_queue");
 	subscriber.on("error", (_) => {
-		log_warn("Cannot connect to redis_socketio for browser events");
+		log_warn("Cannot connect to redis_queue for browser events");
 	});
 
 	let payload = null;
@@ -482,9 +482,9 @@ async function notify_redis({ error, success, changed_files }) {
 }
 
 function open_in_editor() {
-	let subscriber = get_redis_subscriber("redis_socketio");
+	let subscriber = get_redis_subscriber("redis_queue");
 	subscriber.on("error", (_) => {
-		log_warn("Cannot connect to redis_socketio for open_in_editor events");
+		log_warn("Cannot connect to redis_queue for open_in_editor events");
 	});
 	subscriber.on("message", (event, file) => {
 		if (event === "open_in_editor") {
diff --git a/frappe/realtime.py b/frappe/realtime.py
index fdb86546f3..d64b520f56 100644
--- a/frappe/realtime.py
+++ b/frappe/realtime.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2015, Frappe Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and contributors
 # License: MIT. See LICENSE
 
-import os
 from contextlib import suppress
 
 import redis
@@ -109,12 +108,12 @@ def emit_via_redis(event, message, room):
 
 
 def get_redis_server():
-	"""returns redis_socketio connection."""
+	"""returns redis connection for sending realtime events."""
 	global redis_server
 	if not redis_server:
 		from redis import Redis
 
-		redis_server = Redis.from_url(frappe.conf.redis_socketio or "redis://localhost:12311")
+		redis_server = Redis.from_url(frappe.conf.redis_queue or "redis://localhost:12311")
 	return redis_server
 
 
diff --git a/frappe/utils/connections.py b/frappe/utils/connections.py
index 6660e6ce19..020bc8b97f 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/connections.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/connections.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from frappe import get_conf
 
-REDIS_KEYS = ("redis_cache", "redis_queue", "redis_socketio")
+REDIS_KEYS = ("redis_cache", "redis_queue")
 
 
 def is_open(ip, port, timeout=10):
diff --git a/node_utils.js b/node_utils.js
index 10744387ca..0b8c455875 100644
--- a/node_utils.js
+++ b/node_utils.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function get_conf() {
 	return conf;
 }
 
-function get_redis_subscriber(kind = "redis_socketio", options = {}) {
+function get_redis_subscriber(kind = "redis_queue", options = {}) {
 	const conf = get_conf();
 	const host = conf[kind] || conf.redis_async_broker_port;
 	return redis.createClient({ url: host, ...options });
diff --git a/socketio.js b/socketio.js
index 8e87a0cce1..31be39c847 100644
--- a/socketio.js
+++ b/socketio.js
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ io.on("connection", function (socket) {
 	});
 
 	socket.on("open_in_editor", (data) => {
-		let s = get_redis_subscriber("redis_socketio");
+		let s = get_redis_subscriber("redis_queue");
 		s.publish("open_in_editor", JSON.stringify(data));
 	});
 });