diff --git a/scripts/start.sh b/scripts/start.sh
index 16aebbeea..00ec14322 100755
--- a/scripts/start.sh
+++ b/scripts/start.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ export GUNICORN_CONF=${GUNICORN_CONF:-./gunicorn_conf.py}
 export GUNICORN_TIMEOUT=${GUNICORN_TIMEOUT:-30}
 export GUNICORN_KEEP_ALIVE_TIMEOUT=${GUNICORN_KEEP_ALIVE_TIMEOUT:-5}
 
-sleep 10
-
 if [[ -z "${OPAL_BROADCAST_URI}" && "${UVICORN_NUM_WORKERS}" != "1" ]]; then
   echo "OPAL_BROADCAST_URI must be set when having multiple workers"
   exit 1
@@ -17,9 +15,4 @@ prefix=""
 if [[ -z "${OPAL_ENABLE_DATADOG_APM}" && "${OPAL_ENABLE_DATADOG_APM}" = "true" ]]; then
 	prefix=ddtrace-run
 fi
-
-#(set -x; exec $prefix gunicorn --reload -b 0.0.0.0:${UVICORN_PORT} -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker --workers=${UVICORN_NUM_WORKERS} -c ${GUNICORN_CONF} ${UVICORN_ASGI_APP} -t ${GUNICORN_TIMEOUT} --keep-alive ${GUNICORN_KEEP_ALIVE_TIMEOUT})
-(set -x; exec $prefix python -m debugpy --listen 0.0.0.0:5678 -m uvicorn ${UVICORN_ASGI_APP} --reload --host 0.0.0.0 --port ${UVICORN_PORT} )
-
-# write a code that will wait for the user to press enter
-read -n1 -r -p "Press any key to continue..." key
+(set -x; exec $prefix gunicorn -b 0.0.0.0:${UVICORN_PORT} -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker --workers=${UVICORN_NUM_WORKERS} -c ${GUNICORN_CONF} ${UVICORN_ASGI_APP} -t ${GUNICORN_TIMEOUT} --keep-alive ${GUNICORN_KEEP_ALIVE_TIMEOUT})
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