diff --git a/eslint.config.js b/eslint.config.js
index 077bd75..6c7e583 100644
--- a/eslint.config.js
+++ b/eslint.config.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export default [
     },
   },
   {
-    files: ['vite.config.js', 'server.cjs', 'webhook.cjs', 'backend/**/*.cjs'],
+    files: ['vite.config.js', 'server.cjs', 'webhook.cjs'],
     languageOptions: {
       globals: globals.node,
     },
diff --git a/scripts/install-systemd-services.sh b/scripts/install-systemd-services.sh
index 2db5bfa..76e2afc 100755
--- a/scripts/install-systemd-services.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-systemd-services.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Installs/updates the tssbot-web systemd --user units and (re)starts them.
+# Installs/updates the tssbot-web and tssbot-webhook systemd --user units and (re)starts them.
 # Run this after cloning, and again any time a unit file under systemd/ changes.
 set -euo pipefail
 
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ repo_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
 unit_dir="${HOME}/.config/systemd/user"
 mkdir -p "${unit_dir}"
 
-for unit in tssbot-web tssbot-webhook tssbot-backend; do
+for unit in tssbot-web tssbot-webhook; do
   ln -sf "${repo_dir}/systemd/${unit}.service" "${unit_dir}/${unit}.service"
 done
 
 systemctl --user daemon-reload
-systemctl --user enable --now tssbot-web.service tssbot-webhook.service tssbot-backend.service
+systemctl --user enable --now tssbot-web.service tssbot-webhook.service
 
 if [ "$(loginctl show-user "$(whoami)" -p Linger --value 2>/dev/null)" != "yes" ]; then
   echo "Linger is not enabled for $(whoami) — user services will stop when you log out."
   echo "Enable it with: sudo loginctl enable-linger $(whoami)"
 fi
 
-systemctl --user status --no-pager tssbot-web.service tssbot-webhook.service tssbot-backend.service
+systemctl --user status --no-pager tssbot-web.service tssbot-webhook.service
diff --git a/systemd/tssbot-backend.service b/systemd/tssbot-backend.service
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b06254..0000000
--- a/systemd/tssbot-backend.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=tssbot backend API service
-After=network-online.target
-Wants=network-online.target
-StartLimitIntervalSec=100
-StartLimitBurst=10
-
-[Service]
-Type=simple
-WorkingDirectory=%h/tssbot.web
-ExecStart=%h/tssbot.web/backend/target/release/tssbot-backend
-Restart=on-failure
-RestartSec=200ms
-RestartSteps=10
-RestartMaxDelaySec=10s
-TimeoutStopSec=10
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=default.target
diff --git a/webhook.cjs b/webhook.cjs
index 2c7c184..1a526ca 100644
--- a/webhook.cjs
+++ b/webhook.cjs
@@ -693,7 +693,6 @@ async function deploy(push) {
     await ensureBuildDependencies(previousHead)
     await run('npm', ['run', 'build', '--', '--outDir', '../dist-next'])
     validateBuiltDist()
-    await run('cargo', ['build', '--manifest-path', 'backend/Cargo.toml', '--release'])
     promoteBuiltDist()
     syncVehicleIcons()