diff --git a/setup/start.sh b/setup/start.sh
index fbde276c..41ce6cac 100755
--- a/setup/start.sh
+++ b/setup/start.sh
@@ -103,17 +103,6 @@ PUBLIC_IP=$PUBLIC_IP
 CSR_COUNTRY=$CSR_COUNTRY
 EOF
 
-# For docker, we don't want any of our scripts to start daemons.
-# Mask the 'service' program by defining a function of the same name
-# so that whenever we try to restart a service we just silently do
-# nothing.
-if [ "$NO_RESTART_SERVICES" == "1" ]; then
-	function service {
-		# we could output some status, but it's not important
-		echo skipping service $@ > /dev/null;
-	}
-fi
-
 # Start service configuration.
 . setup/system.sh
 . setup/dns.sh