diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index 3b0fd05af..57cd1c2ef 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def create_app(application):
     email_clients = [aws_ses_stub_client] if application.config['SES_STUB_URL'] else [aws_ses_client]
     notification_provider_clients.init_app(sms_clients=[firetext_client, mmg_client], email_clients=email_clients)
 
-    notify_celery.init_app(application, statsd_client)
+    notify_celery.init_app(application)
     encryption.init_app(application)
     redis_store.init_app(application)
     document_download_client.init_app(application)
diff --git a/app/celery/celery.py b/app/celery/celery.py
index ecc7486b8..819bd12c3 100644
--- a/app/celery/celery.py
+++ b/app/celery/celery.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def log_on_worker_shutdown(sender, signal, pid, exitcode, **kwargs):
         notify_celery._app.logger.info('worker shutdown: PID: {} Exitcode: {}'.format(pid, exitcode))
 
 
-def make_task(app, statsd_client):
+def make_task(app):
     class NotifyTask(Task):
         abstract = True
         start = None
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def make_task(app, statsd_client):
                 )
             )
 
-            statsd_client.timing(
+            app.statsd_client.timing(
                 "celery.{queue_name}.{task_name}.success".format(
                     task_name=self.name,
                     queue_name=queue_name
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def make_task(app, statsd_client):
                 )
             )
 
-            statsd_client.incr(
+            app.statsd_client.incr(
                 "celery.{queue_name}.{task_name}.failure".format(
                     task_name=self.name,
                     queue_name=queue_name
@@ -73,27 +73,26 @@ def make_task(app, statsd_client):
 
                 return super().__call__(*args, **kwargs)
 
-        def apply_async(self, args=None, kwargs=None, task_id=None, producer=None,
-                        link=None, link_error=None, **options):
-            kwargs = kwargs or {}
+        def apply_async(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            kwargs['kwargs'] = kwargs.get('kwargs', {})
 
             if has_request_context() and hasattr(request, 'request_id'):
-                kwargs['request_id'] = request.request_id
+                kwargs['kwargs']['request_id'] = request.request_id
             elif has_app_context() and 'request_id' in g:
-                kwargs['request_id'] = g.request_id
+                kwargs['kwargs']['request_id'] = g.request_id
 
-            return super().apply_async(args, kwargs, task_id, producer, link, link_error, **options)
+            return super().apply_async(*args, **kwargs)
 
     return NotifyTask
 
 
 class NotifyCelery(Celery):
 
-    def init_app(self, app, statsd_client):
+    def init_app(self, app):
         super().__init__(
             app.import_name,
             broker=app.config['BROKER_URL'],
-            task_cls=make_task(app, statsd_client),
+            task_cls=make_task(app),
         )
 
         self.conf.update(app.config)
diff --git a/tests/app/celery/test_celery.py b/tests/app/celery/test_celery.py
index 0acbd8d23..ac28248fe 100644
--- a/tests/app/celery/test_celery.py
+++ b/tests/app/celery/test_celery.py
@@ -89,15 +89,7 @@ def test_apply_async_injects_global_request_id_into_kwargs(mocker, celery_task):
     super_apply = mocker.patch('celery.app.task.Task.apply_async')
     g.request_id = '1234'
     celery_task.apply_async()
-
-    super_apply.assert_called_with(
-        None,
-        {'request_id': '1234'},
-        None,
-        None,
-        None,
-        None
-    )
+    super_apply.assert_called_with(kwargs={'request_id': '1234'})
 
 
 def test_apply_async_injects_id_into_kwargs_from_request(mocker, notify_api, celery_task):
@@ -108,11 +100,4 @@ def test_apply_async_injects_id_into_kwargs_from_request(mocker, notify_api, cel
     with notify_api.test_request_context(headers=request_headers):
         celery_task.apply_async()
 
-    super_apply.assert_called_with(
-        None,
-        {'request_id': '1234'},
-        None,
-        None,
-        None,
-        None
-    )
+    super_apply.assert_called_with(kwargs={'request_id': '1234'})