diff --git a/scripts/start-deployPaper b/scripts/start-deployPaper
index d071bbe4..087ccd3e 100755
--- a/scripts/start-deployPaper
+++ b/scripts/start-deployPaper
@@ -50,13 +50,6 @@ else
 
 fi
 
-# Download default configs to allow for consistent patching
-configs=(paper-global.yml paper-world-defaults.yml spigot.yml)
-mkdir -p config
-if ! get --skip-existing --log-progress-each -o config "${configs[@]/#/${PAPER_CONFIG_DEFAULTS_REPO}/${VERSION}/}" 2> /dev/null; then
-  log "WARN: one or more default PaperMC config files were not available from ${PAPER_CONFIG_DEFAULTS_REPO}"
-fi
-
 # Normalize on Spigot for downstream operations
 export FAMILY=SPIGOT