diff --git a/cmd/dist/common.go b/cmd/dist/common.go
index 501a37ab9..f1fd3c12f 100644
--- a/cmd/dist/common.go
+++ b/cmd/dist/common.go
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ func connectGRPC(context *cli.Context) (*grpc.ClientConn, error) {
 	timeout := context.GlobalDuration("connect-timeout")
 	return grpc.Dial(address,
 		grpc.WithTimeout(timeout),
-		grpc.WithBlock(),
 		grpc.WithInsecure(),
 		grpc.WithDialer(func(addr string, timeout time.Duration) (net.Conn, error) {
 			return net.DialTimeout("unix", address, timeout)