diff --git a/services/git-bridge/README.md b/services/git-bridge/README.md
index ec276381e2..fa8c76f7db 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/README.md
+++ b/services/git-bridge/README.md
@@ -4,21 +4,23 @@ writelatex-git-bridge
 Required
 --------
   * `maven` (for building)
-  * `jdk-7` (for compiling and running)
+  * `jdk-8` (for compiling and running)
 
 Installation
 ------------
-### Ubuntu ###
-Run `./install` to get dependencies, build, test, package, and make it a service.
 
-Use `sudo service wlgb start` and `sudo service wlgb stop` to start and stop the server.
+Install dependencies:
 
-The configuration file will be at `/etc/wlgb/config.json`.
+```
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install -y maven
+sudo apt-get install -y openjdk-8-jdk
+sudo update-alternatives --set java /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java
+sudo update-alternatives --set javac /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/javac
+```
 
-Run `./reinstall` to test, package and install the current version if `./install` has already been run.
+Create a config file according to the format below.
 
-Run `./uninstall` to undo what `./install` did.
-### Manually ###
 Run `mvn package` to build, test, and package it into a jar at `target/writelatex-git-bridge-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar`.
 
 Use `java -jar <path_to_jar> <path_to_config_file>` to run the server.
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ Use `java -jar <path_to_jar> <path_to_config_file>` to run the server.
 Runtime Configuration
 ---------------------
 
-The configuration file is in `.json` format. There is an example at `bin/config.json`.
+The configuration file is in `.json` format.
 
     {
         "port" (int): the port number,
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/bin/config.json b/services/git-bridge/bin/config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 20b41c0025..0000000000
--- a/services/git-bridge/bin/config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "port": 80,
-    "rootGitDirectory": "/var/wlgb/git",
-    "apiBaseUrl": "http://127.0.0.1:60000/api/v0",
-    "username": "REDACTED",
-    "password": "REDACTED",
-    "postbackBaseUrl": "http://127.0.0.1",
-    "serviceName": "Overleaf",
-    "oauth2": {
-        "oauth2ClientID": "clientID",
-        "oauth2ClientSecret": "oauth2 client secret",
-        "oauth2Server": "https://www.overleaf.com"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/bin/wlgb b/services/git-bridge/bin/wlgb
deleted file mode 100755
index 963a528b38..0000000000
--- a/services/git-bridge/bin/wlgb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,159 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-### BEGIN INIT INFO
-# Provides:          wlgb
-# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
-# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
-# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
-# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
-# Short-Description: writelatex-git-bridge
-# Description:       Init script for writelatex-git-bridge service
-#                    placed in /etc/init.d.
-### END INIT INFO
-
-# Author: Winston Li <winston.li12@imperial.ac.uk>
-#
-# Please remove the "Author" lines above and replace them
-# with your own name if you copy and modify this script.
-
-# Do NOT "set -e"
-
-# PATH should only include /usr/* if it runs after the mountnfs.sh script
-PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
-DESC="Writelatex-Git Bridge startup and stop script"
-NAME=wlgb
-DAEMON=/usr/bin/java
-DAEMON_ARGS="-jar /usr/local/sbin/writelatex-git-bridge.jar /etc/wlgb/config.json"
-PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
-SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME
-
-# Exit if the package is not installed
-[ -x "$DAEMON" ] || exit 0
-
-# Read configuration variable file if it is present
-[ -r /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME
-
-# Load the VERBOSE setting and other rcS variables
-. /lib/init/vars.sh
-
-# Define LSB log_* functions.
-# Depend on lsb-base (>= 3.2-14) to ensure that this file is present
-# and status_of_proc is working.
-. /lib/lsb/init-functions
-
-#
-# Function that starts the daemon/service
-#
-do_start()
-{
-	# Return
-	#   0 if daemon has been started
-	#   1 if daemon was already running
-	#   2 if daemon could not be started
-	if [ -f "$PIDFILE" ]; then
-		echo "WriteLatex-Git Bridge is already started: use service wlgb stop to stop."
-		return 1;
-	fi
-	echo "Starting WriteLatex-Git Bridge..."
-        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --make-pidfile --pidfile $PIDFILE \
-                --exec /usr/bin/env LANG="C.UTF-8" $DAEMON -- \
-                $DAEMON_ARGS >> /var/log/wlgb/out.log 2>> /var/log/wlgb/err.log &
-	echo "WriteLatex-Git Bridge started."
-	echo "Config file at /etc/wlgb/config.json"
-	echo "Log file at /var/log/wlgb/out.log"
-	echo "Error file at /var/log/wlgb/err.log"
-	echo 
-	return 0
-	# Add code here, if necessary, that waits for the process to be ready
-	# to handle requests from services started subsequently which depend
-	# on this one.  As a last resort, sleep for some time.
-}
-
-#
-# Function that stops the daemon/service
-#
-do_stop()
-{
-	if [ -f "$PIDFILE" ]; then
-		echo "Stopping Writelatex-Git Bridge..."
-		start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/60/KILL/5 --pidfile $PIDFILE
-		# Many daemons don't delete their pidfiles when they exit.
-		rm -f $PIDFILE
-		echo "WriteLatex-Git Bridge stopped."
-		return 0
-	fi
-	echo "WriteLatex-Git Bridge is not started: use service wlgb start to start."
-	return 1
-}
-
-#
-# Function that sends a SIGHUP to the daemon/service
-#
-do_reload() {
-	#
-	# If the daemon can reload its configuration without
-	# restarting (for example, when it is sent a SIGHUP),
-	# then implement that here.
-	#
-	start-stop-daemon --stop --signal 1 --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME
-	return 0
-}
-
-case "$1" in
-  start)
-	[ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
-	do_start
-	case "$?" in
-		0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
-		2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
-	esac
-	;;
-  stop)
-	[ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
-	do_stop
-	case "$?" in
-		0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
-		2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
-	esac
-	;;
-  status)
-       status_of_proc "$DAEMON" "$NAME" && exit 0 || exit $?
-       ;;
-  #reload|force-reload)
-	#
-	# If do_reload() is not implemented then leave this commented out
-	# and leave 'force-reload' as an alias for 'restart'.
-	#
-	#log_daemon_msg "Reloading $DESC" "$NAME"
-	#do_reload
-	#log_end_msg $?
-	#;;
-  restart|force-reload)
-	#
-	# If the "reload" option is implemented then remove the
-	# 'force-reload' alias
-	#
-	log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME"
-	do_stop
-	case "$?" in
-	  0|1)
-		do_start
-		case "$?" in
-			0) log_end_msg 0 ;;
-			1) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Old process is still running
-			*) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Failed to start
-		esac
-		;;
-	  *)
-	  	# Failed to stop
-		log_end_msg 1
-		;;
-	esac
-	;;
-  *)
-	#echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}" >&2
-	echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|status|restart|force-reload}" >&2
-	exit 3
-	;;
-esac
-
-:
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/install b/services/git-bridge/install
deleted file mode 100755
index a041997170..0000000000
--- a/services/git-bridge/install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-installDeps() {
-	sudo apt-get update
-	sudo apt-get install -y maven
-	sudo apt-get install -y openjdk-7-jdk
-	sudo update-alternatives --set java /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java
-	sudo update-alternatives --set javac /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/javac
-	return 1
-}
-
-command -v mvn >/dev/null 2>&1 && command -v /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/bin/javac >/dev/null 2>&1 || installDeps
-mvn package &&\
-sudo cp ./target/writelatex-git-bridge-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar /usr/local/sbin/writelatex-git-bridge.jar &&\
-sudo cp ./bin/wlgb /etc/init.d/ &&\
-sudo mkdir -p /var/log/wlgb &&\
-sudo mkdir -p /etc/wlgb &&\
-if [ ! -f /etc/wlgb/config.json ]; then
-    sudo cp ./bin/config.json /etc/wlgb/
-fi &&\
-sudo /usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f wlgb defaults
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/reinstall b/services/git-bridge/reinstall
deleted file mode 100755
index a0e0afc677..0000000000
--- a/services/git-bridge/reinstall
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-command -v mvn >/dev/null 2>&1 || sudo apt-get install maven
-mvn package &&\
-sudo mv ./target/writelatex-git-bridge-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar /usr/local/sbin/writelatex-git-bridge.jar
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/uninstall b/services/git-bridge/uninstall
deleted file mode 100755
index 8ada2b0f99..0000000000
--- a/services/git-bridge/uninstall
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-sudo rm -f /usr/local/sbin/writelatex-git-bridge.jar &&\
-sudo rm -f /etc/init.d/wlgb &&\
-sudo rm -rf /etc/wlgb
-sudo /usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f wlgb remove