diff --git a/site-cookbooks/5apps-hubot/recipes/xmpp_botka.rb b/site-cookbooks/5apps-hubot/recipes/xmpp_botka.rb
index 90a7017..dd9731f 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/5apps-hubot/recipes/xmpp_botka.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/5apps-hubot/recipes/xmpp_botka.rb
@@ -54,13 +54,6 @@ application botka_xmpp_path do
     ].to_json
   end
 
-  file "external-scripts.json" do
-    mode  "0640"
-    owner "hubot"
-    group "hubot"
-    content [].to_json
-  end
-
   npm_install do
     user "hubot"
   end