diff --git a/bin/setup b/bin/setup
index ad27b6637..c7223d499 100755
--- a/bin/setup
+++ b/bin/setup
@@ -1,31 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
-require "fileutils"
 
-APP_ROOT = File.expand_path("..", __dir__)
+def system!(*args) system(*args, exception: true) end
 
-def system!(*args)
-  system(*args, exception: true)
-end
+puts "== Installing dependencies =="
+system("gem install bundler --conservative")
+system("bundle check") || system!("bundle install")
 
-FileUtils.chdir APP_ROOT do
-  # This script is a way to set up or update your development environment automatically.
-  # This script is idempotent, so that you can run it at any time and get an expectable outcome.
-  # Add necessary setup steps to this file.
+puts "\n== Preparing database =="
+system! "bin/rails db:prepare"
+system! "bin/rails db:reset" if ARGV.include?("--reset")
 
-  puts "== Installing dependencies =="
-  system("gem install bundler --conservative")
-  system("bundle check") || system!("bundle install")
-
-  puts "\n== Preparing database =="
-  system! "bin/rails db:prepare"
-  system! "bin/rails db:reset" if ARGV.include?("--reset")
-
-  puts "\n== Removing old logs and tempfiles =="
-  system! "bin/rails log:clear tmp:clear"
-
-  unless ARGV.include?("--skip-server")
-    puts "\n== Starting development server =="
-    STDOUT.flush # flush the output before exec(2) so that it displays
-    exec "bin/dev"
-  end
-end
+puts "\n== Removing old logs and tempfiles =="
+system! "bin/rails log:clear tmp:clear"