diff --git a/tools/upstart/apertium b/tools/upstart/apertium
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index 40a004afe..000000000
--- a/tools/upstart/apertium
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@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-APERTIUMPATH=/home/jonathan/quick/apertium/svn
-
-PAIRSPATH=$APERTIUMPATH/trunk
-
-APYPATH=$APERTIUMPATH/trunk/apertium-tools/apertium-apy
-HTMLTOOLSPATH=$APERTIUMPATH/trunk/apertium-tools/apertium-html-tools
-
-SERVERLIST=$APYPATH/serverlist
-
-#optional:
-LOGFILE=/etc/logs/apertium-apy.log
diff --git a/tools/upstart/apertium-all.conf b/tools/upstart/apertium-all.conf
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index d0764409a..000000000
--- a/tools/upstart/apertium-all.conf
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-description "start all apertium services"
-     
-start on startup
diff --git a/tools/upstart/apertium-apy-gateway.conf b/tools/upstart/apertium-apy-gateway.conf
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index 94f25e87c..000000000
--- a/tools/upstart/apertium-apy-gateway.conf
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@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-description "apertium-apy gateway init script"
-
-start on starting apertium-all
-stop on stopped apertium-all
-respawn
-respawn limit 50 300   # try to respawn 50 times in 300 seconds (5 minutes)
-
-env CONFIG=/etc/default/apertium
-
-script
-	. $CONFIG
-	python3 $APYPATH/apertium_apy/gateway.py $SERVERLIST
-end script
-
-pre-start script
-	. $CONFIG
-	touch $LOGFILE
-	echo "`date` $UPSTART_JOB started" >> $LOGFILE
-end script
-
-post-stop script
-	. $CONFIG
-	touch $LOGFILE
-	echo "`date` $UPSTART_JOB stoppped" >> $LOGFILE
-end script
diff --git a/tools/upstart/apertium-apy.conf b/tools/upstart/apertium-apy.conf
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index 7aec9c5bc..000000000
--- a/tools/upstart/apertium-apy.conf
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@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-description "apertium-apy init script"
-
-start on starting apertium-all
-stop on stopped apertium-all
-respawn
-respawn limit 50 300
-
-env CONFIG=/etc/default/apertium
-
-script
-	. $CONFIG
-	python3 $APYPATH/apy.py $APERTIUMPATH
-end script
-
-pre-start script
-	. $CONFIG
-	touch $LOGFILE
-	echo "`date` $UPSTART_JOB started" >> $LOGFILE
-end script
-
-post-stop script
-	. $CONFIG
-	touch $LOGFILE
-	echo "`date` $UPSTART_JOB stoppped" >> $LOGFILE
-end script
diff --git a/tools/upstart/apertium-html-tools.conf b/tools/upstart/apertium-html-tools.conf
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index fb77d73d0..000000000
--- a/tools/upstart/apertium-html-tools.conf
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@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-description "apertium-html-tools init script"
-           
-start on starting apertium-all
-stop on stopped apertium-all
-respawn
-respawn limit 50 300
-     
-env CONFIG=/etc/default/apertium
-
-script
-	. $CONFIG
-	cd $HTMLTOOLSPATH
-	python3 -m http.server 8888
-end script
-
-pre-start script
-	. $CONFIG
-	touch $LOGFILE
-	echo "`date` $UPSTART_JOB started" >> $LOGFILE
-end script
-
-post-stop script
-	. $CONFIG
-	touch $LOGFILE
-	echo "`date` $UPSTART_JOB stoppped" >> $LOGFILE
-end script