diff --git a/gerrit-pgm/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/Daemon.java b/gerrit-pgm/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/Daemon.java
index ec41d1fd99..2815099eb1 100644
--- a/gerrit-pgm/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/Daemon.java
+++ b/gerrit-pgm/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/Daemon.java
@@ -285,7 +285,9 @@ public class Daemon extends SiteProgram {
     cfgInjector = createCfgInjector();
     config = cfgInjector.getInstance(
         Key.get(Config.class, GerritServerConfig.class));
-    initIndexType();
+    if (!slave) {
+      initIndexType();
+    }
     sysInjector = createSysInjector();
     sysInjector.getInstance(PluginGuiceEnvironment.class)
       .setDbCfgInjector(dbInjector, cfgInjector);
@@ -383,7 +385,9 @@ public class Daemon extends SiteProgram {
       }
     });
     modules.add(new GarbageCollectionModule());
-    modules.add(new ChangeCleanupRunner.Module());
+    if (!slave) {
+      modules.add(new ChangeCleanupRunner.Module());
+    }
     return cfgInjector.createChildInjector(modules);
   }
 
@@ -424,7 +428,7 @@ public class Daemon extends SiteProgram {
     }
     modules.add(new DefaultCommandModule(slave,
         sysInjector.getInstance(DownloadConfig.class)));
-    if (indexType == IndexType.LUCENE) {
+    if (!slave && indexType == IndexType.LUCENE) {
       modules.add(new IndexCommandsModule());
     }
     return sysInjector.createChildInjector(modules);
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/config/ChangeCleanupConfig.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/config/ChangeCleanupConfig.java
index 37a6869efd..b4b1865a43 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/config/ChangeCleanupConfig.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/config/ChangeCleanupConfig.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package com.google.gerrit.server.config;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
+import com.google.gerrit.common.Nullable;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
 
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ public class ChangeCleanupConfig {
 
   @Inject
   ChangeCleanupConfig(@GerritServerConfig Config cfg,
-      @CanonicalWebUrl String canonicalWebUrl) {
+      @CanonicalWebUrl @Nullable String canonicalWebUrl) {
     scheduleConfig = new ScheduleConfig(cfg, SECTION);
     abandonAfter = readAbandonAfter(cfg);
     abandonIfMergeable =
@@ -61,7 +62,9 @@ public class ChangeCleanupConfig {
     if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(abandonMessage)) {
       abandonMessage = DEFAULT_ABANDON_MESSAGE;
     }
-    abandonMessage = abandonMessage.replaceAll("\\$\\{URL\\}", webUrl);
+    if (!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(webUrl)) {
+      abandonMessage = abandonMessage.replaceAll("\\$\\{URL\\}", webUrl);
+    }
     return abandonMessage;
   }