diff --git a/start_bg_tasks.sh b/start_bg_tasks.sh
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index 2973ab2c..00000000
--- a/start_bg_tasks.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-cd ${0%/*}
-screen -dm bash -c 'python manage.py celeryd --verbosity=2 --loglevel=DEBUG'
-screen -dm bash -c 'python manage.py celerybeat --verbosity=2 --loglevel=DEBUG'