diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e22c55d..452b44c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ COPY ${NETBOX_PATH} /opt/netbox
 COPY docker/configuration.docker.py /opt/netbox/netbox/netbox/configuration.py
 COPY docker/ldap_config.docker.py /opt/netbox/netbox/netbox/ldap_config.py
 COPY docker/docker-entrypoint.sh /opt/netbox/docker-entrypoint.sh
-COPY docker/housekeeping.sh /opt/netbox/housekeeping.sh
 COPY docker/launch-netbox.sh /opt/netbox/launch-netbox.sh
 COPY configuration/ /etc/netbox/config/
 COPY docker/nginx-unit.json /etc/unit/
diff --git a/docker-compose.test.yml b/docker-compose.test.yml
index bbc139c..9388022 100644
--- a/docker-compose.test.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.test.yml
@@ -28,15 +28,6 @@ services:
       start_period: 40s
       timeout: 3s
       interval: 15s
-  netbox-housekeeping:
-    <<: *netbox
-    command:
-      - /opt/netbox/housekeeping.sh
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ps -aux | grep -v grep | grep -q housekeeping || exit 1
-      start_period: 40s
-      timeout: 3s
-      interval: 15s
 
   postgres:
     image: docker.io/postgres:17-alpine
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 3ba2fd4..8ac3358 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -31,18 +31,6 @@ services:
       start_period: 20s
       timeout: 3s
       interval: 15s
-  netbox-housekeeping:
-    <<: *netbox
-    depends_on:
-      netbox:
-        condition: service_healthy
-    command:
-      - /opt/netbox/housekeeping.sh
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ps -aux | grep -v grep | grep -q housekeeping || exit 1
-      start_period: 20s
-      timeout: 3s
-      interval: 15s
 
   # postgres
   postgres:
diff --git a/docker/housekeeping.sh b/docker/housekeeping.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 47a4a3d..0000000
--- a/docker/housekeeping.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-SLEEP_SECONDS=${HOUSEKEEPING_INTERVAL:=86400}
-echo "Interval set to ${SLEEP_SECONDS} seconds"
-while true; do
-  date
-  /opt/netbox/venv/bin/python /opt/netbox/netbox/manage.py housekeeping
-  sleep "${SLEEP_SECONDS}s"
-done
diff --git a/env/netbox.env b/env/netbox.env
index ca22549..c89844f 100644
--- a/env/netbox.env
+++ b/env/netbox.env
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ EMAIL_USERNAME=netbox
 EMAIL_USE_SSL=false
 EMAIL_USE_TLS=false
 GRAPHQL_ENABLED=true
-HOUSEKEEPING_INTERVAL=86400
 MEDIA_ROOT=/opt/netbox/netbox/media
 METRICS_ENABLED=false
 REDIS_CACHE_DATABASE=1