diff --git a/defaults.sh b/defaults.sh
index 83621d0..927bca5 100755
--- a/defaults.sh
+++ b/defaults.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ export DEPLOY_WWW_SERVER=false
 export DEPLOY_BTCPAY_SERVER=false
 export DEPLOY_GHOST=false
 
-export DEPLOY_ONION_SITE=false
 export DEPLOY_NEXTCLOUD=false
 export DEPLOY_GITEA=false
 
diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index f79ebe4..2e1f265 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -295,7 +295,6 @@ export DEPLOY_GHOST=true
 export DEPLOY_NEXTCLOUD=false
 export NOSTR_ACCOUNT_PUBKEY="NOSTR_IDENTITY_PUBKEY_GOES_HERE"
 export DEPLOY_GITEA=false
-#export DEPLOY_ONION_SITE=false
 export GHOST_MYSQL_PASSWORD="$(new_pass)"
 export GHOST_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD="$(new_pass)"
 export NEXTCLOUD_MYSQL_PASSWORD="$(new_pass)"
diff --git a/deployment/www/go.sh b/deployment/www/go.sh
index de50ac1..6e34f5d 100755
--- a/deployment/www/go.sh
+++ b/deployment/www/go.sh
@@ -132,32 +132,6 @@ if [ "$RESTART_FRONT_END" = true ]; then
     done
 fi
 
-
-# if [ "$DEPLOY_ONION_SITE" = true ]; then
-#     # ensure the tor image is built
-#     docker build -t tor:latest ./tor
-
-#     # if the tor folder doesn't exist, we provision a new one. Otherwise you need to restore.
-#     # this is how we generate a new torv3 endpoint.
-#     if ! ssh "$PRIMARY_WWW_FQDN" "[ -d $REMOTE_HOME/tor/www ]"; then
-#         ssh "$PRIMARY_WWW_FQDN" "mkdir -p $REMOTE_HOME/tor"
-#         TOR_CONFIG_PATH="$(pwd)/tor/torrc-init"
-#         export TOR_CONFIG_PATH="$TOR_CONFIG_PATH"
-#         docker stack deploy -c ./tor.yml torstack
-#         sleep 20
-#         docker stack rm torstack
-#         sleep 20
-#     fi
-
-#     ONION_ADDRESS="$(ssh "$PRIMARY_WWW_FQDN" sudo cat "${REMOTE_HOME}"/tor/www/hostname)"
-#     export ONION_ADDRESS="$ONION_ADDRESS"
-
-#     # # Since we run a separate ghost process, we create a new directory and symlink it to the original
-#     # if ! ssh "$PRIMARY_WWW_FQDN" "[ -L $REMOTE_HOME/tor_ghost ]"; then
-#     #     ssh "$PRIMARY_WWW_FQDN" ln -s "$REMOTE_HOME/ghost_site/themes $REMOTE_HOME/tor_ghost/themes"
-#     # fi
-# fi
-
 # nginx gets deployed first since it "owns" the docker networks of downstream services.
 ./stub/nginx_yml.sh
 
diff --git a/deployment/www/stub/tor_onions.sh b/deployment/www/stub/tor_onions.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 134cea2..0000000
--- a/deployment/www/stub/tor_onions.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-
-# # tor config
-#     if [ "$DEPLOY_ONION_SITE" = true ]; then
-#         cat >>"$NGINX_CONF_PATH" <<EOL
-#     # server listener for tor v3 onion endpoint
-#     server {
-#         listen 443 ssl http2;
-#         listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
-#         server_name ${ONION_ADDRESS};
-#         #access_log /var/log/nginx/tor-www.log;
-        
-#         # administration not allowed over tor interface.
-#         location /ghost { deny all; }
-#         location / {
-#             proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For 1.1.1.1;
-#             proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
-#             proxy_set_header X-Real-IP 1.1.1.1;
-#             proxy_set_header Host \$http_host;
-#             proxy_pass http://tor-ghost:2368;
-#         }
-#     }
-# EOL
-#     fi
diff --git a/deployment/www/stub_docker_yml.sh b/deployment/www/stub_docker_yml.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 1abab71..0000000
--- a/deployment/www/stub_docker_yml.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,149 +0,0 @@
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-#     if [ "$DEPLOY_NEXTCLOUD" = true ]; then
-#         cat >>"$DOCKER_YAML_PATH" <<EOL
-#   nextcloud-db:
-#     image: ${NEXTCLOUD_DB_IMAGE}
-#     command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --binlog-format=ROW --log-bin --innodb_read_only_compressed=OFF
-#     networks:
-#       - nextclouddb-net
-#     volumes:
-#       - ${REMOTE_HOME}/nextcloud/db/data:/var/lib/mysql
-#     environment:
-#       - MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD=\${NEXTCLOUD_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}
-#       - MYSQL_PASSWORD=\${NEXTCLOUD_MYSQL_PASSWORD}
-#       - MYSQL_DATABASE=nextcloud
-#       - MYSQL_USER=nextcloud
-#     deploy:
-#       restart_policy:
-#         condition: on-failure
-
-#   nextcloud:
-#     image: ${NEXTCLOUD_IMAGE}
-#     networks:
-#       - nextclouddb-net
-#       - nextcloud-net
-#     volumes:
-#       - ${REMOTE_HOME}/nextcloud/html:/var/www/html
-#     environment:
-#       - MYSQL_PASSWORD=\${NEXTCLOUD_MYSQL_PASSWORD}
-#       - MYSQL_DATABASE=nextcloud
-#       - MYSQL_USER=nextcloud
-#       - MYSQL_HOST=nextcloud-db
-#       - NEXTCLOUD_TRUSTED_DOMAINS=${DOMAIN_NAME}
-#       - OVERWRITEHOST=${NEXTCLOUD_FQDN}
-#       - OVERWRITEPROTOCOL=https
-#       - SERVERNAME=${NEXTCLOUD_FQDN}
-#     deploy:
-#       restart_policy:
-#         condition: on-failure
-
-# EOL
-#     fi
-
-
-
-#     if [ "$DEPLOY_ONION_SITE" = true ]; then
-#         cat >>"$DOCKER_YAML_PATH" <<EOL
-#   # a hidden service that routes to the nginx container at http://onionurl.onion server block
-#   tor-onion:
-#     image: tor:latest
-#     networks:
-#       - tor-net
-#     volumes:
-#       - ${REMOTE_HOME}/tor:/var/lib/tor
-#       - tor-logs:/var/log/tor
-#     configs:
-#       - source: tor-config
-#         target: /etc/tor/torrc
-#         mode: 0644
-#     deploy:
-#       mode: replicated
-#       replicas: 1
-#       restart_policy:
-#         condition: on-failure
-
-#   tor-ghost:
-#     image: ${GHOST_IMAGE}
-#     networks:
-#       - ghostdb-net
-#       - ghost-net
-#     volumes:
-#       - ${REMOTE_HOME}/tor_ghost:/var/lib/ghost/content
-#     environment:
-#       - url=https://${ONION_ADDRESS}
-#       - database__client=mysql
-#       - database__connection__host=ghostdb
-#       - database__connection__user=ghost
-#       - database__connection__password=\${GHOST_MYSQL_PASSWORD}
-#       - database__connection__database=ghost
-#     deploy:
-#       restart_policy:
-#         condition: on-failure
-
-# EOL
-#     fi
-
-
-#     if [ "$DEPLOY_ONION_SITE" = true ]; then
-# cat >>"$DOCKER_YAML_PATH" <<EOL
-#       - torghost-net
-# EOL
-#     fi
-
-#     if [ "$DEPLOY_NEXTCLOUD" = true ]; then
-# cat >>"$DOCKER_YAML_PATH" <<EOL
-#       - nextcloud-net
-# EOL
-#     fi
-
-
-#     if [ "$DEPLOY_ONION_SITE" = true ]; then
-# cat >>"$DOCKER_YAML_PATH" <<EOL
-#       - tor-net
-# EOL
-#     fi
-
-#     if [ "$DEPLOY_ONION_SITE" = true ]; then
-#         cat >>"$DOCKER_YAML_PATH" <<EOL
-  
-# volumes:
-#   tor-data:
-#   tor-logs:
-
-# EOL
-#     fi
-#     #-------------------------
-
-
-
-#     if [ "$DEPLOY_NEXTCLOUD" = true ]; then
-#         cat >>"$DOCKER_YAML_PATH" <<EOL
-#   nextclouddb-net:
-#   nextcloud-net:
-# EOL
-#     fi
-
-
-#     if [ "$DEPLOY_ONION_SITE" = true ]; then
-#         cat >>"$DOCKER_YAML_PATH" <<EOL
-#   tor-net:
-#   torghost-net:
-# EOL
-#     fi
-#     # -------------------------------
-
-
-#     if [ "$DEPLOY_ONION_SITE" = true ]; then
-#         cat >>"$DOCKER_YAML_PATH" <<EOL
-#   tor-config:
-#     file: $(pwd)/tor/torrc
-# EOL
-#     fi
-#     # -----------------------------
diff --git a/reset_env.sh b/reset_env.sh
index f5b2cd9..1478467 100755
--- a/reset_env.sh
+++ b/reset_env.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ export DEPLOY_GHOST=true
 export DEPLOY_NEXTCLOUD=false
 export NOSTR_ACCOUNT_PUBKEY=
 export DEPLOY_GITEA=false
-export DEPLOY_ONION_SITE=false
 export GHOST_MYSQL_PASSWORD=
 export GHOST_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=
 export NEXTCLOUD_MYSQL_PASSWORD=