diff --git a/src/apprestoretask.js b/src/apprestoretask.js
deleted file mode 100755
index f622716b8..000000000
--- a/src/apprestoretask.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-
-'use strict';
-
-require('supererror')({ splatchError: true });
-
-// remove timestamp from debug() based output
-require('debug').formatArgs = function formatArgs(args) {
-    args[0] = this.namespace + ' ' + args[0];
-};
-
-var assert = require('assert'),
-    database = require('./database.js'),
-    debug = require('debug')('box:backuptask'),
-    path = require('path'),
-    paths = require('./paths.js'),
-    filesystem = require('./storage/filesystem.js'),
-    caas = require('./storage/caas.js'),
-    s3 = require('./storage/s3.js'),
-    BackupsError = require('./backups.js').BackupsError,
-    settings = require('./settings.js');
-
-function api(provider) {
-    switch (provider) {
-        case 'caas': return caas;
-        case 's3': return s3;
-        case 'filesystem': return filesystem;
-        default: return null;
-    }
-}
-
-function initialize(callback) {
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
-
-    database.initialize(callback);
-}
-
-function restoreApp(backupId, appId, callback) {
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof backupId, 'string');
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof appId, 'string');
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
-
-    debug('Start app restore with id %s for %s', backupId, appId);
-
-    settings.getBackupConfig(function (error, backupConfig) {
-        if (error) return callback(new BackupsError(BackupsError.INTERNAL_ERROR, error));
-
-        api(backupConfig.provider).restore(backupConfig, backupId, path.join(paths.APPS_DATA_DIR, appId), callback);
-    });
-}
-
-// Main process starts here
-var backupId = process.argv[2];
-var appId = process.argv[3];
-
-if (!backupId || !appId) {
-    console.error('Usage: restoreapptask.js <backupId> <appId>');
-    process.exit(1);
-}
-
-debug('Apprestoretask for the app %s with id %s', appId, backupId);
-
-process.on('SIGTERM', function () {
-    process.exit(0);
-});
-
-initialize(function (error) {
-    if (error) throw error;
-
-    function resultHandler(error) {
-        if (error) debug('Apprestoretask completed with error', error);
-
-        debug('Apprestoretask completed');
-
-        // https://nodejs.org/api/process.html are exit codes used by node. apps.js uses the value below
-        // to check apptask crashes
-        process.exit(error ? 50 : 0);
-    }
-
-    restoreApp(backupId, appId, resultHandler);
-});
diff --git a/src/backups.js b/src/backups.js
index 9b7c978d7..ef924af01 100644
--- a/src/backups.js
+++ b/src/backups.js
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ var addons = require('./addons.js'),
 
 var NODE_CMD = path.join(__dirname, './scripts/node.sh');
 var BACKUPTASK_CMD = path.join(__dirname, 'backuptask.js');
-var APPRESTORETASK_CMD = path.join(__dirname, 'apprestoretask.js');
 
 var NOOP_CALLBACK = function (error) { if (error) debug(error); };
 
@@ -387,10 +386,14 @@ function restoreApp(app, addonsToRestore, backupId, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
     assert(app.lastBackupId);
 
-    async.series([
-        shell.sudo.bind(null, 'restoreApp', [ NODE_CMD, APPRESTORETASK_CMD, backupId, app.id ]),
-        addons.restoreAddons.bind(null, app, addonsToRestore)
-    ], callback);
+    settings.getBackupConfig(function (error, backupConfig) {
+        if (error) return callback(new BackupsError(BackupsError.INTERNAL_ERROR, error));
+
+        async.series([
+            api(backupConfig.provider).restore.bind(null, backupConfig, backupId, path.join(paths.APPS_DATA_DIR, app.id)),
+            addons.restoreAddons.bind(null, app, addonsToRestore)
+        ], callback);
+    });
 }
 
 function getDownloadStream(backupId, callback) {
diff --git a/src/backuptask.js b/src/backuptask.js
index ebc2d2674..4f18f52f0 100755
--- a/src/backuptask.js
+++ b/src/backuptask.js
@@ -79,11 +79,6 @@ function backupBox(backupId, callback) {
 var backupId = process.argv[2];
 var appId = process.argv[3];
 
-if (!backupId) {
-    console.error('Usage: restoreapptask.js <backupId> [appId]');
-    process.exit(1);
-}
-
 if (appId) debug('Backuptask for the app %s with id %s', appId, backupId);
 else debug('Backuptask for the whole Cloudron with id %s', backupId);