diff --git a/jobs/silk-controller/spec b/jobs/silk-controller/spec
index bccc6971..79315777 100644
--- a/jobs/silk-controller/spec
+++ b/jobs/silk-controller/spec
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ name: silk-controller
 
 templates:
   bpm.yml.erb: config/bpm.yml
-  pre-start.erb: bin/pre-start
   post-start.erb: bin/post-start
   silk-controller.json.erb: config/silk-controller.json
   ca.crt.erb: config/certs/ca.crt
diff --git a/jobs/silk-controller/templates/pre-start.erb b/jobs/silk-controller/templates/pre-start.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 18e96bcc..00000000
--- a/jobs/silk-controller/templates/pre-start.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -eu
-
-<% unless p("disable") %>
-CERTS_DIR=/var/vcap/jobs/silk-controller/config/certs
-
-chmod 600 "${CERTS_DIR}"/*
-<% end %>