diff --git a/build-logic/commons/src/main/groovy/bisq.application.gradle b/build-logic/commons/src/main/groovy/bisq.application.gradle
index 9658c3f2ae7..aa0fd6913c6 100644
--- a/build-logic/commons/src/main/groovy/bisq.application.gradle
+++ b/build-logic/commons/src/main/groovy/bisq.application.gradle
@@ -7,41 +7,3 @@ build.dependsOn installDist
 installDist.destinationDir = file('build/app')
 distZip.enabled = false
 distTar.enabled = false
-
-// the 'installDist' and 'startScripts' blocks below configure bisq executables to put
-// generated shell scripts in the root project directory, such that users can easily
-// discover and invoke e.g. ./bisq-desktop, ./bisq-seednode, etc.
-// See https://stackoverflow.com/q/46327736 for details.
-
-installDist {
-    doLast {
-        // copy generated shell scripts, e.g. `bisq-desktop` directly to the project
-        // root directory for discoverability and ease of use
-
-        copy {
-            from "$destinationDir/bin"
-            into rootProject.projectDir
-        }
-        // copy libs required for generated shell script classpaths to 'lib' dir under
-        // the project root directory
-        copy {
-            from "$destinationDir/lib"
-            into "${rootProject.projectDir}/lib"
-        }
-
-        // edit generated shell scripts such that they expect to be executed in the
-        // project root dir as opposed to a 'bin' subdirectory
-        def windowsScriptFile = file("${rootProject.projectDir}/bisq-${applicationName}.bat")
-        windowsScriptFile.text = windowsScriptFile.text.replace(
-                'set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%..', 'set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%')
-
-        def unixScriptFile = file("${rootProject.projectDir}/bisq-$applicationName")
-        unixScriptFile.text = unixScriptFile.text.replace(
-                'APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}.." && pwd -P ) || exit', 'APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit')
-    }
-}
-
-startScripts {
-    // rename scripts from, e.g. `desktop` to `bisq-desktop`
-    applicationName = "bisq-$applicationName"
-}