diff --git a/setup/argparser.sh b/setup/argparser.sh
index 2f99c3bf8..107dc1e6f 100644
--- a/setup/argparser.sh
+++ b/setup/argparser.sh
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ arg_tls_key=""
 arg_token=""
 arg_version=""
 arg_web_server_origin=""
-arg_backup_key=""
-arg_aws=""
 arg_backup_config=""
 arg_dns_config=""
 
@@ -45,12 +43,6 @@ EOF
         arg_restore_key=$(echo "$2" | $json restore.key)
         [[ "${arg_restore_key}" == "null" ]] && arg_restore_key=""
 
-        arg_backup_key=$(echo "$2" | $json backupKey)
-        [[ "${arg_backup_key}" == "null" ]] && arg_backup_key=""
-
-        arg_aws=$(echo "$2" | $json aws)
-        [[ "${arg_aws}" == "null" ]] && arg_aws=""
-
         arg_backup_config=$(echo "$2" | $json backupConfig)
         [[ "${arg_backup_config}" == "null" ]] && arg_backup_config=""
 
diff --git a/setup/start.sh b/setup/start.sh
index 25c29d514..83c3dda89 100755
--- a/setup/start.sh
+++ b/setup/start.sh
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ set_progress "65" "Creating cloudron.conf"
 sudo -u yellowtent -H bash <<EOF
 set -eu
 echo "Creating cloudron.conf"
-# note that arg_aws is a javascript object and intentionally unquoted below
 cat > "${CONFIG_DIR}/cloudron.conf" <<CONF_END
 {
     "version": "${arg_version}",
@@ -141,9 +140,7 @@ cat > "${CONFIG_DIR}/cloudron.conf" <<CONF_END
         "password": "${mysql_root_password}",
         "port": 3306,
         "name": "box"
-    },
-    "backupKey": "${arg_backup_key}",
-    "aws": ${arg_aws}
+    }
 }
 CONF_END