diff --git a/battybirdnet-pi/rootfs/helpers/birdnet_to_mqtt.sh b/battybirdnet-pi/rootfs/helpers/birdnet_to_mqtt.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 54045d508..000000000
--- a/battybirdnet-pi/rootfs/helpers/birdnet_to_mqtt.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/with-contenv bashio
-# shellcheck shell=bash
-
-echo "Starting service: mqtt automated publish"
-"$PYTHON_VIRTUAL_ENV" /usr/bin/birdnet_to_mqtt.py &>/proc/1/fd/1