diff --git a/bin/setup b/bin/setup
index d297520f7..b06717e32 100755
--- a/bin/setup
+++ b/bin/setup
@@ -22,8 +22,5 @@ fi
 announce "Removing old logs and tempfiles"
 rails log:clear tmp:clear
 
-announce "Restarting services"
-rails restart
-
 echo
 echo "Start developing with ./bin/dev"