diff --git a/bin/blockstackd b/bin/blockstackd
deleted file mode 100755
index 807feb7b0..000000000
--- a/bin/blockstackd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-"""
-    Blockstack
-    ~~~~~
-    copyright: (c) 2014-2015 by Halfmoon Labs, Inc.
-    copyright: (c) 2016 by Blockstack.org
-
-    This file is part of Blockstack
-
-    Blockstack is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-    (at your option) any later version.
-
-    Blockstack is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-    GNU General Public License for more details.
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-    along with Blockstack.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-"""
-
-import sys
-import os
-
-# Hack around absolute paths
-current_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-parent_dir = os.path.abspath(current_dir + "/../")
-
-sys.path.insert(0, parent_dir)
-
-from blockstack.blockstackd import run_blockstackd
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    run_blockstackd()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 15fb2e0dc..00e8a32b9 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ setup(
     description='Name registrations on the Bitcoin blockchain with external storage',
     keywords='blockchain bitcoin btc cryptocurrency name key value store data',
     packages=find_packages(),
-    scripts=['bin/blockstackd', 'bin/blockstack-server'],
+    scripts=['bin/blockstack-server'],
     download_url='https://github.com/blockstack/blockstore/archive/master.zip',
     zip_safe=False,
     include_package_data=True,