diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
index 9c96fe0da..6fb5c8c21 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func newIngressController(config *Configuration) *GenericController {
 		cfg:             config,
 		stopLock:        &sync.Mutex{},
 		stopCh:          make(chan struct{}),
-		syncRateLimiter: flowcontrol.NewTokenBucketRateLimiter(0.5, 1),
+		syncRateLimiter: flowcontrol.NewTokenBucketRateLimiter(0.3, 1),
 		recorder: eventBroadcaster.NewRecorder(scheme.Scheme, api.EventSource{
 			Component: "ingress-controller",
 		}),
@@ -400,27 +400,23 @@ func (ic *GenericController) syncIngress(key interface{}) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	data, err := ic.cfg.Backend.OnUpdate(ingress.Configuration{
+	err := ic.cfg.Backend.OnUpdate(ingress.Configuration{
 		Backends:            upstreams,
 		Servers:             servers,
 		TCPEndpoints:        ic.getStreamServices(ic.cfg.TCPConfigMapName, api.ProtocolTCP),
 		UDPEndpoints:        ic.getStreamServices(ic.cfg.UDPConfigMapName, api.ProtocolUDP),
 		PassthroughBackends: passUpstreams,
 	})
+
 	if err != nil {
+		incReloadErrorCount()
+		glog.Errorf("unexpected failure restarting the backend: \n%v", err)
 		return err
 	}
 
-	out, reloaded, err := ic.cfg.Backend.Reload(data)
-	if err != nil {
-		incReloadErrorCount()
-		glog.Errorf("unexpected failure restarting the backend: \n%v", string(out))
-		return err
-	}
-	if reloaded {
-		glog.Infof("ingress backend successfully reloaded...")
-		incReloadCount()
-	}
+	glog.Infof("ingress backend successfully reloaded...")
+	incReloadCount()
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/types.go b/core/pkg/ingress/types.go
index 3dcda05b4..f0f75c875 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/types.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/types.go
@@ -50,14 +50,6 @@ type Controller interface {
 	// controller status
 	healthz.HealthzChecker
 
-	// Reload takes a byte array representing the new loadbalancer configuration,
-	// and returns a byte array containing any output/errors from the backend and
-	// if a reload was required.
-	// Before returning the backend must load the configuration in the given array
-	// into the loadbalancer and restart it, or fail with an error and message string.
-	// If reloading fails, there should be not change in the running configuration or
-	// the given byte array.
-	Reload(data []byte) ([]byte, bool, error)
 	// OnUpdate callback invoked from the sync queue https://k8s.io/ingress/core/blob/master/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go#L387
 	// when an update occurs. This is executed frequently because Ingress
 	// controllers watches changes in:
@@ -78,12 +70,11 @@ type Controller interface {
 	// servers (FQDN) and all the locations inside each server. Each
 	// location contains information about all the annotations were configured
 	// https://k8s.io/ingress/core/blob/master/pkg/ingress/types.go#L83
-	// The backend returns the contents of the configuration file or an error
-	// with the reason why was not possible to generate the file.
+	// The backend returns an error if was not possible to update the configuration.
 	//
 	// The returned configuration is then passed to test, and then to reload
 	// if there is no errors.
-	OnUpdate(Configuration) ([]byte, error)
+	OnUpdate(Configuration) error
 	// ConfigMap content of --configmap
 	SetConfig(*api.ConfigMap)
 	// SetListers allows the access of store listers present in the generic controller