diff --git a/helpers/helpers.v2.1.d/setting b/helpers/helpers.v2.1.d/setting
index 60dbf0efc..0d737491e 100644
--- a/helpers/helpers.v2.1.d/setting
+++ b/helpers/helpers.v2.1.d/setting
@@ -85,8 +85,6 @@ else:
         if key in settings:
             del settings[key]
     elif action == "set":
-        if key in ['redirected_urls', 'redirected_regex']:
-            value = yaml.safe_load(value)
         settings[key] = value
     else:
         raise ValueError("action should either be get, set or delete")