diff --git a/tools/dice_maiden-down.rb b/tools/dice_maiden-down.rb
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-#!/usr/bin/ruby
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-# simple ruby script for stopping dice maiden eye shards - used with systemd service
-p `eye stop shards`
diff --git a/tools/dice_maiden-up.rb b/tools/dice_maiden-up.rb
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-#!/usr/bin/ruby
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-# simple ruby script for starting dice maiden eye service and reporting basic result - used with systemd service
-eye = system('eye load')
-
-if eye
-  puts 'eye is starting dice maiden shards!'
-else
-  puts 'eye failed to start dice maiden shards!'
-end