diff --git a/www/backup_path.sh b/www/backup_path.sh
index 456e31d..d00a3e4 100755
--- a/www/backup_path.sh
+++ b/www/backup_path.sh
@@ -14,16 +14,5 @@ fi
 ssh "$PRIMARY_WWW_FQDN" sudo PASSPHRASE="$DUPLICITY_BACKUP_PASSPHRASE" duplicity "$REMOTE_SOURCE_BACKUP_PATH" "file://$REMOTE_BACKUP_PATH"
 ssh "$PRIMARY_WWW_FQDN" sudo chown -R ubuntu:ubuntu "$REMOTE_BACKUP_PATH"
 
-SSHFS_PATH="/tmp/sshfs_temp"
-mkdir -p "$SSHFS_PATH"
-
-# now let's pull down the latest files from the backup directory.
-# create a temp directory to serve as the mountpoint for the remote machine backups directory
-sshfs "$PRIMARY_WWW_FQDN:$REMOTE_BACKUP_PATH" "$SSHFS_PATH"
-
-# rsync the files from the remote server to our local backup path.
-rsync -av "$SSHFS_PATH/" "$LOCAL_BACKUP_PATH"
-
-# step 4: unmount the SSHFS filesystem and cleanup.
-umount "$SSHFS_PATH"
-rm -rf "$SSHFS_PATH"
+# sync the remote backup path down
+rsync -a "$PRIMARY_WWW_FQDN:$REMOTE_BACKUP_PATH/" "$LOCAL_BACKUP_PATH/"
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