diff --git a/scripts/cloudron-setup b/scripts/cloudron-setup
index 711f5f13d..5c6e91434 100755
--- a/scripts/cloudron-setup
+++ b/scripts/cloudron-setup
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ baseDataDir=""
 # TODO this is still there for the restore case, see other occasions below
 versionsUrl="https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-cloudron-releases/versions.json"
 
-args=$(getopt -o "" -l "domain:,help,skip-baseimage-init,data:,data-dir:,provider:,encryption-key:,restore-url:,tls-provider:,version:,dns-provider:,env:,admin-location:,prerelease,skip-reboot,source-url:" -n "$0" -- "$@")
+args=$(getopt -o "" -l "domain:,help,skip-baseimage-init,data:,data-dir:,provider:,encryption-key:,tls-provider:,version:,dns-provider:,env:,admin-location:,prerelease,skip-reboot,source-url:" -n "$0" -- "$@")
 eval set -- "${args}"
 
 while true; do
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ while true; do
     --help) echo "See https://cloudron.io/documentation/installation/ on how to install Cloudron"; exit 0;;
     --provider) provider="$2"; shift 2;;
     --encryption-key) encryptionKey="$2"; shift 2;;
-    --restore-url) restoreUrl="$2"; shift 2;;
     --tls-provider) tlsProvider="$2"; shift 2;;
     --dns-provider) dnsProvider="$2"; shift 2;;
     --version) requestedVersion="$2"; shift 2;;
diff --git a/setup/argparser.sh b/setup/argparser.sh
index 0ee670e6b..fd1d89a0d 100644
--- a/setup/argparser.sh
+++ b/setup/argparser.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ arg_fqdn=""
 arg_admin_location=""
 arg_zone_name=""
 arg_is_custom_domain="false"
-arg_restore_key=""
-arg_restore_url=""
 arg_retire_reason=""
 arg_retire_info=""
 arg_tls_config=""
@@ -74,12 +72,6 @@ while true; do
         arg_tls_config=$(echo "$2" | $json tlsConfig)
         [[ "${arg_tls_config}" == "null" ]] && arg_tls_config=""
 
-        arg_restore_url=$(echo "$2" | $json restore.url)
-        [[ "${arg_restore_url}" == "null" ]] && arg_restore_url=""
-
-        arg_restore_key=$(echo "$2" | $json restore.key)
-        [[ "${arg_restore_key}" == "null" ]] && arg_restore_key=""
-
         arg_backup_config=$(echo "$2" | $json backupConfig)
         [[ "${arg_backup_config}" == "null" ]] && arg_backup_config=""
 
@@ -97,10 +89,8 @@ echo "Parsed arguments:"
 echo "api server: ${arg_api_server_origin}"
 echo "fqdn: ${arg_fqdn}"
 echo "custom domain: ${arg_is_custom_domain}"
-echo "restore url: ${arg_restore_url}"
 echo "tls cert: ${arg_tls_cert}"
 # do not dump these as they might become available via logs API
-#echo "restore key: ${arg_restore_key}"
 #echo "tls key: ${arg_tls_key}"
 #echo "token: ${arg_token}"
 echo "tlsConfig: ${arg_tls_config}"
diff --git a/setup/start.sh b/setup/start.sh
index 0f295c296..75bdfeab4 100755
--- a/setup/start.sh
+++ b/setup/start.sh
@@ -199,42 +199,6 @@ readonly mysql_root_password="password"
 mysqladmin -u root -ppassword password password # reset default root password
 mysql -u root -p${mysql_root_password} -e 'CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS box'
 
-if [[ -n "${arg_restore_url}" ]]; then
-    set_progress "30" "Downloading restore data"
-
-    readonly restore_dir="${arg_restore_url#file://}"
-
-    if [[ -d "${restore_dir}" ]]; then # rsync backup
-        echo "==> Copying backup: ${restore_dir}"
-        if [[ $(stat -c "%d" "${BOX_DATA_DIR}") == $(stat -c "%d" "${restore_dir}") ]]; then
-            cp -rfl "${restore_dir}/." "${BOX_DATA_DIR}"
-        else
-            cp -rf "${restore_dir}/." "${BOX_DATA_DIR}"
-        fi
-    else # tgz backup
-        decrypt=""
-        if [[ "${arg_restore_url}" == *.tar.gz.enc || -n "${arg_restore_key}" ]]; then
-            echo "==> Downloading encrypted backup: ${arg_restore_url} and key: ${arg_restore_key}"
-            decrypt=(openssl aes-256-cbc -d -nosalt -pass "pass:${arg_restore_key}")
-        elif [[ "${arg_restore_url}" == *.tar.gz ]]; then
-            echo "==> Downloading backup: ${arg_restore_url}"
-            decrypt=(cat -)
-        fi
-
-        while true; do
-            if $curl -L "${arg_restore_url}" | "${decrypt[@]}" \
-            | tar -zxf - --overwrite -C "${BOX_DATA_DIR}"; then break; fi
-            echo "Failed to download data, trying again"
-        done
-    fi
-
-    set_progress "35" "Setting up MySQL"
-    if [[ -f "${BOX_DATA_DIR}/box.mysqldump" ]]; then
-        echo "==> Importing existing database into MySQL"
-        mysql -u root -p${mysql_root_password} box < "${BOX_DATA_DIR}/box.mysqldump"
-    fi
-fi
-
 set_progress "40" "Migrating data"
 sudo -u "${USER}" -H bash <<EOF
 set -eu