diff --git a/scripts/akka-init-script.sh b/scripts/akka-init-script.sh
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index 3a1474d04a..0000000000
--- a/scripts/akka-init-script.sh
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@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/bash
-
-#Original /etc/init.d/skeleton modified for http://mydebian.blogdns.org 
-
-# PATH should only include /usr/* if it runs after the mountnfs.sh
-script
-PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
-DESC="my cool akka app"
-NAME="cool"
-DAEMON=/usr/bin/java
-export AKKA_HOME=/var/.../servers/akka
-AKKA_JAR=$AKKA_HOME/akka.jar
-JVMFLAGS="-Xms512M -Xmx3072M -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC"
-DAEMON_ARGS=$JVMFLAGS" -jar "$AKKA_JAR
-PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
-SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME
-#the user that will run the script
-USER=cool-user
-VERBOSE=1
-
-# NO NEED TO MODIFY THE LINES BELOW
-
-# Load the VERBOSE setting and other rcS variables
-. /lib/init/vars.sh
-
-# Define LSB log_* functions.
-# Depend on lsb-base (>= 3.0-6) to ensure that this file is present.
-. /lib/lsb/init-functions
-
-#
-# Function that starts the daemon/service
-#
-do_start()
-{
- start-stop-daemon --start --quiet -b -m -p $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON --
-$DAEMON_ARGS \
- || return 2
-}
-
-#
-# Function that stops the daemon/service
-#
-do_stop()
-{
- start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --pidfile $PIDFILE
- RETVAL="$?"
- rm -f $PIDFILE
- return "$RETVAL"
-}
-
-case "$1" in
- start)
- [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
- do_start
- case "$?" in
- 0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
- 2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
- esac
- ;;
- stop)
- [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
- do_stop
- case "$?" in
- 0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
- 2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
- esac
- ;;
- restart)
- #
- # If the "reload" option is implemented then remove the
- # 'force-reload' alias
- #
- log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME"
- do_stop
- case "$?" in
-  0|1)
- do_start
- case "$?" in
-  0) log_end_msg 0 ;;
-  1) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Old process is still running
-  *) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Failed to start
- esac
- ;;
-  *)
-   # Failed to stop
- log_end_msg 1
- ;;
- esac
- ;;
- *)
- echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart}" >&2
- exit 3
- ;;
-esac
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/run_akka.sh b/scripts/run_akka.sh
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index 32a9479f99..0000000000
--- a/scripts/run_akka.sh
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@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-cd $AKKA_HOME
-VERSION=2.0-SNAPSHOT
-TARGET_DIR=dist/$VERSION/$1
-shift 1
-VMARGS=$@
-
-if [ -d $TARGET_DIR  ]; then
-    cd $TARGET_DIR
-else 
-  unzip dist/${VERSION}.zip -d $TARGET_DIR
-  cd $TARGET_DIR
-fi
-
-export AKKA_HOME=`pwd`
-java -jar ${VMARGS} ${VERSION}.jar