diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0f4f4aa6e..a37ae07a2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -171,10 +171,10 @@ well-known: static;
 %-backend: FRADRIVE_SERVICE=backend
 %-backend: --image-build --containerized---%-backend;
 
---start-backend: start.sh
+--start-backend:
 	DEV_PORT_HTTP=`cat $(CONTAINER_FILE) | grep 'DEV_PORT_HTTP=' | sed 's/DEV_PORT_HTTP=//'`; \
 	DEV_PORT_HTTPS=`cat $(CONTAINER_FILE) | grep 'DEV_PORT_HTTPS=' | sed 's/DEV_PORT_HTTPS=//'`; \
-	./start.sh
+	stack --work-dir .stack-work-run exec -- yesod devel -p "$${DEV_PORT_HTTP}" -q "$${DEV_PORT_HTTPS}"
 --start-hoogle-backend:
 	HOOGLE_PORT=`cat $(CONTAINER_FILE) | grep 'HOOGLE_PORT=' | sed 's/HOOGLE_PORT=//'` ; \
 	echo "${HOOGLE_PORT}" ; \
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index be1453755..000000000
--- a/start.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -e
-
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2024 Sarah Vaupel <sarah.vaupel@uniworx.de>, Gregor Kleen <gregor.kleen@ifi.lmu.de>, Sarah Vaupel <vaupel.sarah@campus.lmu.de>, Steffen Jost <jost@tcs.ifi.lmu.de>
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
-
-
-__HOST=${HOST:-$(hostname -s | awk '{ print $0; }')}
-
-export DETAILED_LOGGING=${DETAILED_LOGGING:-true}
-export LOG_ALL=${LOG_ALL:-false}
-export LOGLEVEL=${LOGLEVEL:-info}
-export DUMMY_LOGIN=${DUMMY_LOGIN:-true}
-export SERVER_SESSION_ACID_FALLBACK=${SERVER_SESSION_ACID_FALLBACK:-true}
-export SERVER_SESSION_COOKIES_SECURE=${SERVER_SESSION_COOKIES_SECURE:-false}
-export COOKIES_SECURE=${COOKIES_SECURE:-false}
-export ALLOW_DEPRECATED=${ALLOW_DEPRECATED:-true}
-export ENCRYPT_ERRORS=${ENCRYPT_ERRORS:-false}
-export RIBBON=${RIBBON:-${__HOST:-localhost}}
-export APPROOT=${APPROOT:-http://localhost:$DEV_PORT_HTTP}
-export AVSPASS=${AVSPASS:-nopasswordset}
-unset HOST
-
-# export PORT_OFFSET=$(((16#$(sha256sum <<<"$(hostname -f):''${basePath}" | head -c 16)) % 1000))
-
-# move-back() {
-#     mv -vT .stack-work .stack-work-run
-#     [[ -d .stack-work-build ]] && mv -vT .stack-work-build .stack-work
-# }
-
-# if [[ -d .stack-work-run ]]; then
-#     [[ -d .stack-work ]] && mv -vT .stack-work .stack-work-build
-#     mv -vT .stack-work-run .stack-work
-#     trap move-back EXIT
-# fi
-
-if ! [ -z "$(which stack)" ]
-then
-  stack --jobs 4 --work-dir .stack-work-run exec -- yesod devel -p "$DEV_PORT_HTTP" -q "$DEV_PORT_HTTPS" $@
-else
-  exit 1
-fi