diff --git a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
index 8f2893154..68e3d9477 100755
--- a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
+++ b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
@@ -2,32 +2,6 @@
 # shellcheck shell=bash
 set -e
 
-######################
-# CHECK BIRDNET.CONF #
-######################
-
-echo " "
-bashio::log.info "Checking your birndet.conf file integrity"
-
-# Set variables
-configcurrent="$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet.conf
-configtemplate="$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet.bak
-
-# Extract variable names from config template and read each one
-grep -o '^[^#=]*=' "$configtemplate" | sed 's/=//' | while read -r var; do
-    # Check if the variable is in configcurrent, if not, append it
-    if ! grep -q "^$var=" "$configcurrent"; then
-        # At which line was the variable in the initial file
-        bashio::log.yellow "...$var was missing from your birdnet.conf file, it was re-added"
-        grep "^$var=" "$configtemplate" >> "$configcurrent"
-    fi
-    # Check for duplicates
-    if [ "$(grep -c "^$var=" "$configcurrent")" -gt 1 ]; then
-        bashio::log.error "Duplicate variable $var found in $configcurrent, all were commented out expect for the first one"
-        awk -v var="$var" '{ if ($0 ~ "^[[:blank:]]*"var && c++ > 0) print "#" $0; else print $0; }' "$configcurrent" > temp && mv temp "$configcurrent"
-    fi
-done
-
 ##############
 # SET SYSTEM #
 ##############