diff --git a/setup-scripts/log-checker.py b/setup-scripts/log-checker.py
index ff8cf03a..fdbcd250 100755
--- a/setup-scripts/log-checker.py
+++ b/setup-scripts/log-checker.py
@@ -40,44 +40,6 @@ async def run_checks():
         await send_msg(client, "```\n{}\n```".format(trace), force_notify=False)
 
 
-# check_journal checks the journal
-async def check_journal():
-    print("\nChecking journal...")
-
-    # Get the systemd service name as an argument, or use "siad" as default.
-    service_name = "siad"
-    if len(sys.argv) > 2:
-        service_name = sys.argv[2]
-
-    # Get the systemd service name as an argument, or use "siad" as default.
-    check_interval = timedelta(hours=DEFAULT_CHECK_INTERVAL)
-    if len(sys.argv) > 3:
-        check_interval = timedelta(hours=int(sys.argv[3]))
-
-    now = datetime.now()
-    time = now - check_interval
-    time_string = "{}-{}-{} {}:{}:{}".format(time.year, time.month, time.day, time.hour, time.minute, time.second)
-
-    # Open the journal.
-    proc = Popen(["journalctl", "--user-unit", service_name, "--since", time_string], stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, text=True)
-    std_out, std_err = proc.communicate()
-
-    if len(std_err) > 0:
-        await send_msg(client, "Error reading journalctl output: {}".format(std_err), force_notify=True)
-        return
-
-    # If there are any critical errors. upload the whole log file.
-    if "Critical" in std_out or "panic" in std_out:
-        upload_name = "{}-{}-{}-{}-{}:{}:{}.log".format(service_name, time.year, time.month, time.day, time.hour, time.minute, time.second)
-        await send_msg(client, "Critical error found in log!", file=discord.File(io.BytesIO(std_out.encode()), filename=upload_name), force_notify=True)
-        return
-
-    # No critical errors, return a heartbeat type message
-    pretty_before = time.strftime("%I:%M%p")
-    pretty_now = now.strftime("%I:%M%p")
-    await send_msg(client, "No critical warnings in log from `{}` to `{}`".format(pretty_before, pretty_now))
-
-
 # check_docker_logs checks the docker logs by filtering on the docker image name
 async def check_docker_logs():
     print("\nChecking docker logs...")