diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 77f715fc62..ff15346bcd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,4 +17,3 @@ config-*.php
 good-config.php
 *.mo
 /vendor/
-plugins/OStatus/.ostatus_version.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/OStatus/OStatusPlugin.php b/plugins/OStatus/OStatusPlugin.php
index e0b7fb5b9f..3380c92f1b 100644
--- a/plugins/OStatus/OStatusPlugin.php
+++ b/plugins/OStatus/OStatusPlugin.php
@@ -1731,36 +1731,4 @@ class OStatusPlugin extends Plugin
 
         return is_null($profile);
     }
-
-    /**
-     * To be consistent with the ActivityPub protocol, we need to make sure that
-     * all ostatus profiles are unique and use non-fancy URIs. This method executes
-     * an external script to ensure that conditions.
-     * 
-     * @return bool hook flag
-     * @author Bruno Casteleiro <brunoccast@fc.up.pt>
-     */
-    public function onEndUpgrade(): bool
-    {
-        $flag   = __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '.ostatus_version.txt';
-        $script = __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'scripts' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'updateuris.php';
-        
-        if (!file_exists($flag)) {
-            // If our flag-file isn't set then we know OStatus hasn't upgraded yet,
-            // run external script and plant the flag
-            define('OSTATUS_UPGRADE', true);
-            require_once $script;
-
-            $file = fopen($flag, "w");
-
-            if ($file === false) {
-                $this->log(LOG_ERR, "Failed to create the file: {$flag}\n");
-            } else {
-                fwrite($file, self::PLUGIN_VERSION . PHP_EOL);
-                fclose($file);
-            }
-        }
-
-        return true;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/OStatus/scripts/updateuris.php b/plugins/OStatus/scripts/updateuris.php
deleted file mode 100755
index b28c502a31..0000000000
--- a/plugins/OStatus/scripts/updateuris.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,200 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env php
-<?php
-// This file is part of GNU social - https://www.gnu.org/software/social
-//
-// GNU social is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
-// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-// (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// GNU social is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
-// along with GNU social.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-/**
- * Update OStatus profile URIs to the non-fancy version
- * (to be consistent with ActivityPub). Duplicated profiles
- * found in the process are deleted.
- *
- * @package   OStatus
- * @author    Bruno Casteleiro <brunoccast@fc.up.pt>
- * @copyright 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc http://www.fsf.org
- * @license   https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html GNU AGPL v3 or later
- */
-
-define('INSTALLDIR', dirname(__FILE__, 4));
-define('PUBLICDIR', INSTALLDIR . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'public');
-
-$shortoptions = '';
-$longoptions  = [];
-
-$helptext = <<<END_OF_UPDATEURIS_HELP
-updateuris.php [options]
-update OStatus profile URIs, duplicated profiles are deleted
-
-END_OF_UPDATEURIS_HELP;
-
-require_once INSTALLDIR . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'scripts' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'commandline.inc';
-
-function run(): void {   
-    $delete = []; // profiles to be deleted
-    $update = []; // profiles to in need of URI update
-
-    inspectProfiles($delete, $update);
-
-    if (!empty($delete)) {
-        deleteProfiles($delete);
-    }
-
-    if (!empty($update)) {
-        updateUris($update);
-    }
-}
-
-function inspectProfiles(array &$delete, array &$update): void {
-    printfnq("Inspecting OStatus profiles...\n");
-
-    $os = new Ostatus_profile();
-    $os->selectAdd();
-    $os->selectAdd('profile_id');
-    $os->selectAdd('uri');
-    $os->whereAdd('profile_id IS NOT NULL');// we want users, don't need group profiles
-
-    if (!$os->find()) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    $seen = []; // profiles cache, for duplicates we keep the latest found
-
-    while ($os->fetch()) {
-        $id  = $os->profile_id;
-        $uri = $os->uri;
-
-        printfv("Inspecting oprofile:{$id}...");
-
-        // known URI?
-        if (isset($seen[$uri])) {
-            // yes, keep current profile only
-            $delete[] = $seen[$uri];
-            $seen[$uri] = $id;
-            printfv("DONE.\n");
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        $uri_parts = parse_url($uri);
-        $scheme  = $uri_parts["scheme"];
-        $domain  = $uri_parts["host"];
-        $path    = $uri_parts["path"];
-
-        // find the type of domain we're dealing with
-        try {
-            HTTPClient::quickGet("{$scheme}://{$domain}/api/gnusocial/version.json");
-        } catch (Exception $e) {
-            // not a GS domain, just skip it
-            $seen[$uri] = $id;
-            printfv("DONE.\n");
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        // GS domain, check URI
-        if (startsWith($path, '/index.php/user')) {
-            // non-fancy uri already, good to go
-            $seen[$uri] = $id;
-        } else {
-            // get profile's real id, build non-fancy uri
-            try {
-                $nick = explode('/', $path)[2];
-                $resp = json_decode(
-                    HTTPClient::quickGet("{$scheme}://{$domain}/api/users/show/{$nick}.json"),
-                    true
-                );
-
-                $real_id = $resp['id'];
-                
-            } catch (Exception $e) {
-                if ($e->getCode() === 404) {
-                    // User not found error, delete!
-                    $delete[] = $id;
-                } else {
-                    // unexpected, lets maintain the profile just in case..
-                    echo "\nError retrieving the real ID for oprofile:{$id}:" . $e->getMessage() . "\n";
-                    $seen[$uri] = $id;
-                }
-                
-                printfv("DONE.\n");
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            $defancy = "{$scheme}://{$domain}/index.php/user/{$real_id}";
-
-            // keep current profile if we know this non-fancy URI
-            if (isset($seen[$defancy])) {
-                $delete[] = $seen[$defancy];
-            }
-
-            $update[$id] = $defancy;
-            $seen[$defancy] = $id;
-        }
-
-        printfv("DONE.\n");
-    }
-
-    $os->free();
-    unset($os);
-}
-
-function deleteProfiles(array $delete): void {
-    printfnq("Deleting duplicated OStatus profiles...\n");
-
-    $profile = Profile::multiGet('id', $delete);
-    while ($profile->fetch()) {
-        $id = $profile->getID();
-        printfv("Deleting profile:{$id}...");
-
-        if (!$profile->delete()) {
-            echo "\nFailed to delete profile:{$id}\n";
-        }
-
-        printfv("DONE.\n");
-    }
-
-    unset($profile);
-}
-
-function updateUris(array $update): void {
-    printfnq("Updating OStatus profiles...\n");
-
-    $oprofile = Ostatus_profile::multiGet('profile_id', array_keys($update));
-    while ($oprofile->fetch()) {
-        $id = $oprofile->getID();
-        printfv("Updating oprofile:{$id} URI...");
-
-        try {
-            updateUri($oprofile, $update[$id]);
-        } catch (Exception $e) {
-            echo "\nFailed to update oprofile:{$id}: " . $e->getMessage() . "\n";
-        }
-
-        printfv("DONE.\n");
-    }
-
-    unset($oprofile);
-}
-
-function updateUri(Ostatus_profile $profile, string $new_uri): void {
-    $orig = clone($profile);
-    $profile->uri = $new_uri;
-    $profile->updateWithKeys($orig);
-}
-
-function startsWith(string $str, string $key): bool
-{
-    $length = strlen($key);
-    return (substr($str, 0, $length) === $key);
-}
-
-run();