diff --git a/production/install b/production/install
index 4eac1817b..40f89389f 100755
--- a/production/install
+++ b/production/install
@@ -1009,7 +1009,6 @@ osSudo "${MEMPOOL_USER}" git clone --branch "${MEMPOOL_REPO_BRANCH}" "${MEMPOOL_
 osSudo "${MEMPOOL_USER}" ln -s mempool/production/mempool-build-all upgrade
 osSudo "${MEMPOOL_USER}" ln -s mempool/production/mempool-kill-all stop
 osSudo "${MEMPOOL_USER}" ln -s mempool/production/mempool-start-all start
-osSudo "${MEMPOOL_USER}" ln -s mempool/production/mempool-restart-all restart
 
 
 case $OS in
diff --git a/production/mempool-restart-all b/production/mempool-restart-all
deleted file mode 100755
index 13e551066..000000000
--- a/production/mempool-restart-all
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env zsh
-HOSTNAME=$(hostname)
-
-echo restarting mempool backends | wall
-echo "${HOSTNAME} restarted mempool backends" | /usr/local/bin/keybase chat send --nonblock --channel general mempool.ops
-ps uaxw|grep 'dist/index'|grep -v grep|grep -v services|awk '{print $2}'|xargs -n 1 kill
-
-exit 0