diff --git a/azure.yaml b/azure.yaml
index 65c29aff..0a74a2d6 100644
--- a/azure.yaml
+++ b/azure.yaml
@@ -36,15 +36,6 @@ hooks:
             run: ./scripts/setup_postgres_database.sh;./scripts/setup_postgres_azurerole.sh;./scripts/setup_postgres_seeddata.sh
             interactive: true
             continueOnError: false
-    predown:
-      windows:
-        shell: pwsh
-        run: ./scripts/pre_down.ps1
-        continueOnError: true
-      posix:
-        shell: sh
-        run: ./scripts/pre_down.sh
-        continueOnError: true
 pipeline:
   variables:
     - DEPLOY_AZURE_OPENAI
diff --git a/scripts/pre_down.ps1 b/scripts/pre_down.ps1
deleted file mode 100644
index 63a0604f..00000000
--- a/scripts/pre_down.ps1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# Get the directory of the current script
-$scriptDir = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
-
-# Run the Python script
-python "$scriptDir/pre-down.py"
diff --git a/scripts/pre_down.py b/scripts/pre_down.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7080e539..00000000
--- a/scripts/pre_down.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-import logging
-import os
-
-from azure.identity import AzureDeveloperCliCredential
-from azure.mgmt.cognitiveservices import CognitiveServicesManagementClient
-from dotenv_azd import load_azd_env
-
-logger = logging.getLogger("ragapp")
-
-
-def delete_deployments(resource_name: str, resource_group: str, subscription_id: str, tenant_id: str | None = None):
-    """
-    Delete all deployments for an Azure OpenAI resource
-    """
-    if tenant_id:
-        logger.info("Authenticating to Azure using Azure Developer CLI Credential for tenant %s", tenant_id)
-        azure_credential = AzureDeveloperCliCredential(tenant_id=tenant_id, process_timeout=60)
-    else:
-        logger.info("Authenticating to Azure using Azure Developer CLI Credential")
-        azure_credential = AzureDeveloperCliCredential(process_timeout=60)
-
-    # Initialize the Cognitive Services client
-    client = CognitiveServicesManagementClient(azure_credential, subscription_id=subscription_id)
-
-    # List all deployments
-    deployments = client.deployments.list(resource_group_name=resource_group, account_name=resource_name)
-
-    # Delete each deployment and wait for the operation to complete
-    for deployment in deployments:
-        deployment_name = deployment.name
-        if not deployment_name:
-            continue
-        poller = client.deployments.begin_delete(
-            resource_group_name=resource_group, account_name=resource_name, deployment_name=deployment_name
-        )
-        poller.result()
-        logger.info(f"Deployment {deployment_name} deleted successfully.")
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.WARNING)
-    logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
-    load_azd_env()
-
-    try:
-        resource_name = os.environ["AZURE_OPENAI_SERVICE"]
-        resource_group = os.environ["AZURE_OPENAI_RESOURCE_GROUP"]
-        subscription_id = os.environ["AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"]
-        tenant_id = os.environ["AZURE_TENANT_ID"]
-    except KeyError as e:
-        logger.error("Missing azd environment variable %s", e)
-        exit(1)
-
-    delete_deployments(resource_name, resource_group, subscription_id, tenant_id)
diff --git a/scripts/pre_down.sh b/scripts/pre_down.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 8679e863..00000000
--- a/scripts/pre_down.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-. ./scripts/load_python_env.sh
-
-# Get the directory of the current script
-script_dir=$(dirname "$0")
-
-# Run the Python script with the retrieved values
-.venv/bin/python "$script_dir/pre_down.py" --subscription-id $subscription_id --resource-name $resource_name --resource-group $resource_group --tenant-id $tenant_id