diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts
index 62762adbb85db..42431556400c8 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ import { ExecutionRepository } from '@db/repositories/execution.repository';
 import { FeatureNotLicensedError } from '@/errors/feature-not-licensed.error';
 import { WaitTracker } from '@/WaitTracker';
 import { BaseCommand } from './BaseCommand';
-import type { IWorkflowExecutionDataProcess } from '@/Interfaces';
-import { ExecutionService } from '@/executions/execution.service';
-import { OwnershipService } from '@/services/ownership.service';
-import { WorkflowRunner } from '@/WorkflowRunner';
 import { ExecutionRecoveryService } from '@/executions/execution-recovery.service';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment, @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
@@ -300,10 +296,6 @@ export class Start extends BaseCommand {
 		Container.get(PruningService).init();
 		Container.get(ExecutionRecoveryService).init();
 
-		if (config.getEnv('executions.mode') === 'regular') {
-			await this.runEnqueuedExecutions();
-		}
-
 		// Start to get active workflows and run their triggers
 		await this.activeWorkflowManager.init();
 
@@ -345,38 +337,4 @@ export class Start extends BaseCommand {
 		if (error.stack) this.logger.error(error.stack);
 		await this.exitWithCrash('Exiting due to an error.', error);
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 * During startup, we may find executions that had been enqueued at the time of shutdown.
-	 *
-	 * If so, start running any such executions concurrently up to the concurrency limit, and
-	 * enqueue any remaining ones until we have spare concurrency capacity again.
-	 */
-	private async runEnqueuedExecutions() {
-		const executions = await Container.get(ExecutionService).findAllEnqueuedExecutions();
-
-		if (executions.length === 0) return;
-
-		this.logger.debug(
-			'[Startup] Found enqueued executions to run',
-			executions.map((e) => e.id),
-		);
-
-		const ownershipService = Container.get(OwnershipService);
-		const workflowRunner = Container.get(WorkflowRunner);
-
-		for (const execution of executions) {
-			const project = await ownershipService.getWorkflowProjectCached(execution.workflowId);
-
-			const data: IWorkflowExecutionDataProcess = {
-				executionMode: execution.mode,
-				executionData: execution.data,
-				workflowData: execution.workflowData,
-				projectId: project.id,
-			};
-
-			// do not block - each execution either runs concurrently or is queued
-			void workflowRunner.run(data, undefined, false, execution.id);
-		}
-	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/executions/execution.service.ts b/packages/cli/src/executions/execution.service.ts
index 546443ec4afca..21109dc125b85 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/executions/execution.service.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/executions/execution.service.ts
@@ -390,17 +390,6 @@ export class ExecutionService {
 		};
 	}
 
-	async findAllEnqueuedExecutions() {
-		return await this.executionRepository.findMultipleExecutions(
-			{
-				select: ['id', 'mode'],
-				where: { status: 'new' },
-				order: { id: 'ASC' },
-			},
-			{ includeData: true, unflattenData: true },
-		);
-	}
-
 	async stop(executionId: string): Promise<StopResult> {
 		const execution = await this.executionRepository.findSingleExecution(executionId, {
 			includeData: true,