diff --git a/debian/pvc-daemon-node.install b/debian/pvc-daemon-node.install
index 6e35490e..c10f86ab 100644
--- a/debian/pvc-daemon-node.install
+++ b/debian/pvc-daemon-node.install
@@ -3,5 +3,4 @@ node-daemon/pvcnoded.sample.yaml etc/pvc
 node-daemon/pvcnoded usr/share/pvc
 node-daemon/pvcnoded.service lib/systemd/system
 node-daemon/pvc.target lib/systemd/system
-node-daemon/pvc-flush.service lib/systemd/system
 node-daemon/monitoring usr/share/pvc
diff --git a/debian/pvc-daemon-node.postinst b/debian/pvc-daemon-node.postinst
index 12a9237c..c889451a 100644
--- a/debian/pvc-daemon-node.postinst
+++ b/debian/pvc-daemon-node.postinst
@@ -7,11 +7,6 @@ systemctl daemon-reload
 systemctl enable /lib/systemd/system/pvcnoded.service
 systemctl enable /lib/systemd/system/pvc.target
 
-# Inform administrator of the autoflush daemon if it is not enabled
-if ! systemctl is-active --quiet pvc-flush.service; then
-    echo "NOTE: The PVC autoflush daemon (pvc-flush.service) is not enabled by default; enable it to perform automatic flush/unflush actions on host shutdown/startup."
-fi
-
 # Inform administrator of the service restart/startup not occurring automatically
 if systemctl is-active --quiet pvcnoded.service; then
     echo "NOTE: The PVC node daemon (pvcnoded.service) has not been restarted; this is up to the administrator."
diff --git a/node-daemon/pvc-flush.service b/node-daemon/pvc-flush.service
deleted file mode 100644
index 58fc43f6..00000000
--- a/node-daemon/pvc-flush.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# Parallel Virtual Cluster autoflush daemon
-
-[Unit]
-Description = Parallel Virtual Cluster autoflush daemon
-After = pvcnoded.service pvcapid.service zookeeper.service libvirtd.service ssh.service ceph.target network-online.target
-Wants = pvcnoded.service
-PartOf = pvc.target
-
-[Service]
-Type = oneshot
-RemainAfterExit = true
-WorkingDirectory = /usr/share/pvc
-TimeoutSec = 30min
-ExecStartPre = /bin/sleep 30
-ExecStart = /usr/bin/pvc -c local node unflush --wait
-ExecStop = /usr/bin/pvc -c local node flush --wait
-ExecStopPost = /bin/sleep 5
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy = pvc.target