diff --git a/packages/node_modules/node-red/red.js b/packages/node_modules/node-red/red.js
index ccbd6dc38..1b7e55dbb 100755
--- a/packages/node_modules/node-red/red.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/node-red/red.js
@@ -150,14 +150,7 @@ if (settings.https) {
         // Get the result of the function, because createServer doesn't accept functions as input
         startupHttps = startupHttps(); 
     }  
-
-    if (startupHttps.hasOwnProperty('then') && typeof startupHttps.then === 'function') {
-        // A promise was returned
-        httpsPromise = startupHttps;
-    } else {
-        // An object was returned - wrap in a promise
-        httpsPromise = Promise.resolve(startupHttps);
-    }
+    httpsPromise = Promise.resolve(startupHttps);
 }
 else {
     // No https is enable - wrap null