diff --git a/puppet/zulip/files/nginx/uwsgi_params b/puppet/zulip/files/nginx/uwsgi_params
index ff4d1d1395..8ccd690efa 100644
--- a/puppet/zulip/files/nginx/uwsgi_params
+++ b/puppet/zulip/files/nginx/uwsgi_params
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ uwsgi_param REMOTE_PORT     $remote_port;
 uwsgi_param SERVER_ADDR     $server_addr;
 uwsgi_param SERVER_PORT     $server_port;
 uwsgi_param SERVER_NAME     $server_name;
+uwsgi_param HTTP_X_REAL_IP  $remote_addr;
diff --git a/puppet/zulip/files/nginx/zulip-include-frontend/app b/puppet/zulip/files/nginx/zulip-include-frontend/app
index 0f4dff4835..9ad789ad44 100644
--- a/puppet/zulip/files/nginx/zulip-include-frontend/app
+++ b/puppet/zulip/files/nginx/zulip-include-frontend/app
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ location /api/v1/events {
 # Send everything else to Django via uWSGI
 location / {
     include uwsgi_params;
-    uwsgi_param HTTP_X_REAL_IP $remote_addr;
     uwsgi_pass django;
 }
 
@@ -62,14 +61,12 @@ location /thumbnail {
     include /etc/nginx/zulip-include/api_headers;
 
     include uwsgi_params;
-    uwsgi_param HTTP_X_REAL_IP $remote_addr;
     uwsgi_pass django;
 }
 location /avatar {
     include /etc/nginx/zulip-include/api_headers;
 
     include uwsgi_params;
-    uwsgi_param HTTP_X_REAL_IP $remote_addr;
     uwsgi_pass django;
 }
 
@@ -78,7 +75,6 @@ location /api/ {
     include /etc/nginx/zulip-include/api_headers;
 
     include uwsgi_params;
-    uwsgi_param HTTP_X_REAL_IP $remote_addr;
     uwsgi_pass django;
 }