diff --git a/setup/start/sudoers b/setup/start/sudoers
index 1434b192e..8177e641e 100644
--- a/setup/start/sudoers
+++ b/setup/start/sudoers
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ yellowtent ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /home/yellowtent/box/src/scripts/backupbox.sh
 Defaults!/home/yellowtent/box/src/scripts/backupapp.sh env_keep="HOME BOX_ENV"
 yellowtent ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /home/yellowtent/box/src/scripts/backupapp.sh
 
-Defaults!/home/yellowtent/box/src/scripts/restoreapp.sh env_keep="HOME BOX_ENV"
-yellowtent ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /home/yellowtent/box/src/scripts/restoreapp.sh
-
 Defaults!/home/yellowtent/box/src/scripts/reboot.sh env_keep="HOME BOX_ENV"
 yellowtent ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /home/yellowtent/box/src/scripts/reboot.sh
 
diff --git a/src/backups.js b/src/backups.js
index 20b2bbe67..7f55ef89b 100644
--- a/src/backups.js
+++ b/src/backups.js
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ var addons = require('./addons.js'),
     util = require('util');
 
 var BACKUP_BOX_CMD = path.join(__dirname, 'scripts/backupbox.sh'),
-    BACKUP_APP_CMD = path.join(__dirname, 'scripts/backupapp.sh'),
-    RESTORE_APP_CMD = path.join(__dirname, 'scripts/restoreapp.sh');
+    BACKUP_APP_CMD = path.join(__dirname, 'scripts/backupapp.sh');
 
 var NOOP_CALLBACK = function (error) { if (error) debug(error); };
 
diff --git a/src/scripts/restoreapp.sh b/src/scripts/restoreapp.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index d4989a7de..000000000
--- a/src/scripts/restoreapp.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -eu -o pipefail
-
-if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
-    echo "This script should be run as root." >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if [[ $# == 1 && "$1" == "--check" ]]; then
-    echo "OK"
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-if [ $# -lt 3 ]; then
-    echo "Usage: restoreapp.sh <appid> <url> <key> [aws session token]"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-readonly APPS_DATA_DIR="${HOME}/appsdata"
-readonly curl="curl --fail --connect-timeout 20 --retry 10 --retry-delay 2 --max-time 2400"
-
-app_id="$1"
-restore_url="$2"
-restore_key="$3"
-session_token="$4" # unused since it seems to be part of the url query param in v4 signature
-
-echo "Downloading backup: ${restore_url} and key: ${restore_key}"
-
-for try in `seq 1 5`; do
-    echo "Download backup from ${restore_url} (try ${try})"
-    error_log=$(mktemp)
-
-    if $curl -L "${restore_url}" \
-        | openssl aes-256-cbc -d -pass "pass:${restore_key}" \
-        | tar -zxf - -C "${APPS_DATA_DIR}/${app_id}" 2>"${error_log}"; then
-        chown -R yellowtent:yellowtent "${APPS_DATA_DIR}/${app_id}"
-        break
-    fi
-    cat "${error_log}" && rm "${error_log}"
-done
-
-if [[ ${try} -eq 5 ]]; then
-    echo "restore failed"
-    exit 3
-else
-    echo "restore successful"
-fi
diff --git a/src/test/checkInstall b/src/test/checkInstall
index 97c2a6923..8728fe0b7 100755
--- a/src/test/checkInstall
+++ b/src/test/checkInstall
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ scripts=("${SOURCE_DIR}/src/scripts/rmappdir.sh" \
          "${SOURCE_DIR}/src/scripts/backupapp.sh" \
          "${SOURCE_DIR}/src/scripts/rmbackup.sh" \
          "${SOURCE_DIR}/src/scripts/cpbackup.sh" \
-         "${SOURCE_DIR}/src/scripts/restoreapp.sh" \
          "${SOURCE_DIR}/src/scripts/reboot.sh" \
          "${SOURCE_DIR}/src/scripts/update.sh" \
          "${SOURCE_DIR}/src/scripts/collectlogs.sh" \