diff --git a/docker-compose.development.yml b/docker-compose.development.yml
index e164f1addf87eabc5963be9b6122490931634f87..7192dd78a769371d9b5d6fe0bbb8c53a0c2754a0 100644
--- a/docker-compose.development.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.development.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,5 @@ services:
       - "./config.py:/home/nopaque/config.py"
       - "./migrations:/home/nopaque/migrations"
       - "./nopaque.py:/home/nopaque/nopaque.py"
-      - "./nopaque-daemon.sh:/home/nopaque/nopaque-daemon.sh"
       - "./requirements.txt:/home/nopaque/requirements.txt"
       - "./tests:/home/nopaque/tests"
diff --git a/nopaque-daemon.sh b/nopaque-daemon.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ea224d0c0cda0a6412bf2fa8e2735eadc057d026..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/nopaque-daemon.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# The nopaque daemon is essentially just a loop in which the daemon tasks are
-# periodically executed
-while true; do
-    flask tasks
-    sleep 1
-done