diff --git a/acrontab.list b/acrontab.list
index 6389edc41..249a8babf 100644
--- a/acrontab.list
+++ b/acrontab.list
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 ## single script that cycles through modules
 */2 * * * * vocms0269 /data/unified/WmAgentScripts/cWrap.sh Unified/cachor.py &> /dev/null
 15 */4 * * * vocms0269 /data/unified/WmAgentScripts/cWrap.sh Unified/stuckor.py &> /dev/null
-10 * 1-31 * * vocms0268 /data/unified/WmAgentScripts/precycle.sh &> /dev/null
 20,50 * 1-31 * * vocms0269 /data/unified/WmAgentScripts/assigncycle.sh &> /dev/null
 30 */4 1-31 * * vocms0269 /data/unified/WmAgentScripts/unlockingcycle.sh &> /dev/null
 10,40 * 1-31 * * vocms0273 /data/unified/WmAgentScripts/postcycle-strict.sh &> /dev/null
diff --git a/precycle.sh b/precycle.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 8a0454153..000000000
--- a/precycle.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-BASE_DIR=/data/unified/WmAgentScripts/
-HTML_DIR=/var/www/html/unified/
-
-lock_name=`echo $BASH_SOURCE | cut -f 1 -d "."`.lock
-source $BASE_DIR/cycle_common.sh $lock_name
-
-## initiate data placements or pass wf along
-$BASE_DIR/cWrap.sh Unified/transferor.py
-
-## get this done once as it is quite slow and heavy, but we need the output json it could produce
-## in for timing measurements
-$BASE_DIR/cWrap.sh Unified/stagor.py
-
-rm -f $lock_name
-