diff --git a/lib/shared/src/chat/prompts/index.ts b/lib/shared/src/chat/prompts/index.ts
index cbff69d9369..e997071b3e9 100644
--- a/lib/shared/src/chat/prompts/index.ts
+++ b/lib/shared/src/chat/prompts/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { Preamble } from '../preamble'
-
 import * as defaultPrompts from './default-prompts.json'
 import { toSlashCommand } from './utils'
 
@@ -32,25 +30,12 @@ export interface MyPrompts {
     commands: Map<string, CodyPrompt>
     // backward compatibility
     recipes?: Map<string, CodyPrompt>
-    // Premade is a set of prompts that are added to the start of every new conversation
-    // --this is where we define the "identity" and "rules" for Cody
-    premade?: Preamble
-    // A conversation starter --this is added to the start of every human input sent to Cody.
-    starter: string
 }
 
 // JSON format of MyPrompts
 export interface MyPromptsJSON {
     commands: { [id: string]: Omit<CodyPrompt, 'slashCommand'> }
     recipes?: { [id: string]: CodyPrompt }
-    premade?: CodyPremade
-    starter?: string
-}
-
-export interface CodyPremade {
-    actions: string
-    rules: string
-    answer: string
 }
 
 export interface CodyPrompt {
diff --git a/vscode/CHANGELOG.md b/vscode/CHANGELOG.md
index db0fcb0149a..8809b2bfd8a 100644
--- a/vscode/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/vscode/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Starting from `0.2.0`, Cody is using `major.EVEN_NUMBER.patch` for release versi
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Remove `starter` and `premade` fields from the configuration files for custom commands (cody.json). [pull/939](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/939)
+
 ## [0.10.0]
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/vscode/src/chat/MessageProvider.ts b/vscode/src/chat/MessageProvider.ts
index 8de5bfa1ab4..2f2e67767ef 100644
--- a/vscode/src/chat/MessageProvider.ts
+++ b/vscode/src/chat/MessageProvider.ts
@@ -336,13 +336,8 @@ export abstract class MessageProvider extends MessageHandler implements vscode.D
             default: {
                 this.sendTranscript()
 
-                const myPremade = (await this.editor.controllers.command?.getCustomConfig())?.premade
-                if (myPremade) {
-                    this.telemetryService.log('CodyVSCodeExtension:command:customPremade:applied')
-                }
-
                 const { prompt, contextFiles, preciseContexts } = await this.transcript.getPromptForLastInteraction(
-                    getPreamble(this.contextProvider.context.getCodebase(), myPremade),
+                    getPreamble(this.contextProvider.context.getCodebase()),
                     this.maxPromptTokens
                 )
                 this.transcript.setUsedContextFilesForLastInteraction(contextFiles, preciseContexts)
@@ -374,13 +369,8 @@ export abstract class MessageProvider extends MessageHandler implements vscode.D
         }
         transcript.addInteraction(interaction)
 
-        const myPremade = (await this.editor.controllers.command?.getCustomConfig())?.premade
-        if (myPremade) {
-            this.telemetryService.log('CodyVSCodeExtension:command:customPremade:applied')
-        }
-
         const { prompt, contextFiles } = await transcript.getPromptForLastInteraction(
-            getPreamble(this.contextProvider.context.getCodebase(), myPremade),
+            getPreamble(this.contextProvider.context.getCodebase()),
             this.maxPromptTokens
         )
         transcript.setUsedContextFilesForLastInteraction(contextFiles)
@@ -476,14 +466,10 @@ export abstract class MessageProvider extends MessageHandler implements vscode.D
         // Get prompt details from controller by title then execute prompt's command
         const promptText = this.editor.controllers.command?.find(title)
         await this.editor.controllers.command?.get('command')
-        logDebug('executeCustomCommand:starting', title)
-        if (!promptText) {
-            return
-        }
-        await this.executeRecipe('custom-prompt', promptText)
-        const starter = (await this.editor.controllers.command?.getCustomConfig())?.starter
-        if (starter) {
-            this.telemetryService.log('CodyVSCodeExtension:command:customStarter:applied')
+
+        if (promptText) {
+            logDebug('executeCustomCommand:starting', title)
+            await this.executeRecipe('custom-prompt', promptText)
         }
         return
     }
diff --git a/vscode/src/custom-prompts/CustomPromptsStore.ts b/vscode/src/custom-prompts/CustomPromptsStore.ts
index a9ef0adc9a7..d9210b223e5 100644
--- a/vscode/src/custom-prompts/CustomPromptsStore.ts
+++ b/vscode/src/custom-prompts/CustomPromptsStore.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { omit } from 'lodash'
 import * as vscode from 'vscode'
 
-import { Preamble } from '@sourcegraph/cody-shared/src/chat/preamble'
 import {
     CodyPrompt,
     CodyPromptType,
@@ -10,7 +9,6 @@ import {
     MyPromptsJSON,
 } from '@sourcegraph/cody-shared/src/chat/prompts'
 import { fromSlashCommand, toSlashCommand } from '@sourcegraph/cody-shared/src/chat/prompts/utils'
-import { newPromptMixin, PromptMixin } from '@sourcegraph/cody-shared/src/prompt/prompt-mixin'
 
 import { logDebug, logError } from '../log'
 
@@ -30,9 +28,7 @@ import { promptSizeInit } from './utils/menu'
  */
 export class CustomPromptsStore implements vscode.Disposable {
     public myPromptsJSON: MyPromptsJSON | null = null
-    public myPremade: Preamble | undefined = undefined
     public myPromptsMap = new Map<string, CodyPrompt>()
-    public myStarter = ''
 
     public promptSize = promptSizeInit
     public jsonFileUris: { user?: vscode.Uri; workspace?: vscode.Uri }
@@ -89,7 +85,7 @@ export class CustomPromptsStore implements vscode.Disposable {
         } catch (error) {
             logError('CustomPromptsStore:refresh', 'failed', { verbose: error })
         }
-        return { commands: this.myPromptsMap, premade: this.myPremade, starter: this.myStarter }
+        return { commands: this.myPromptsMap }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -144,19 +140,11 @@ export class CustomPromptsStore implements vscode.Disposable {
                 // read from the updated config file
                 return await this.build(type)
             }
-
             for (const [key, prompt] of promptEntries) {
                 const current: CodyPrompt = { ...prompt, slashCommand: toSlashCommand(key) }
                 current.type = type
                 this.myPromptsMap.set(current.slashCommand, current)
             }
-
-            this.myPremade = json.premade
-            // avoid duplicate starter prompts
-            if (json.starter && json?.starter !== this.myStarter) {
-                PromptMixin.addCustom(newPromptMixin(json.starter))
-                this.myStarter = json.starter
-            }
             if (type === 'user') {
                 this.myPromptsJSON = json
             }
@@ -275,8 +263,6 @@ export class CustomPromptsStore implements vscode.Disposable {
         this.isActive = false
         this.myPromptsMap = new Map<string, CodyPrompt>()
         this.promptSize = { ...promptSizeInit }
-        this.myPremade = undefined
-        this.myStarter = ''
         this.myPromptsJSON = null
     }