diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index 74dabc698..97dac82fc 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ from werkzeug.local import LocalProxy
 
 from app import proxy_fix, webauthn_server
 from app.asset_fingerprinter import asset_fingerprinter
-from app.commands import setup_commands
 from app.config import configs
 from app.extensions import antivirus_client, redis_client, zendesk_client
 from app.formatters import (
@@ -151,8 +150,6 @@ navigation = {
 
 
 def create_app(application):
-    setup_commands(application)
-
     notify_environment = os.environ['NOTIFY_ENVIRONMENT']
 
     application.config.from_object(configs[notify_environment])
diff --git a/app/commands.py b/app/commands.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 4437e9005..000000000
--- a/app/commands.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-import click
-from flask import current_app
-from flask.cli import with_appcontext
-
-
-@click.command('list-routes')
-@with_appcontext
-def list_routes():
-    """List URLs of all application routes."""
-    for rule in sorted(current_app.url_map.iter_rules(), key=lambda r: r.rule):
-        print("{:10} {}".format(", ".join(rule.methods - set(['OPTIONS', 'HEAD'])), rule.rule))  # noqa
-
-
-@click.command()
-@click.argument('csv_path')
-@click.argument('for_reals')
-@with_appcontext
-def tmp_backfill_areas(csv_path, for_reals=False):
-    import csv
-
-    from app.models.broadcast_message import BroadcastMessage
-
-    for id, service_id in csv.reader(open(csv_path)):
-        message = BroadcastMessage.from_id(id, service_id=service_id)
-        print(f'Updating {message.id}')  # noqa
-
-        if for_reals:
-            message._update_areas(force_override=True)
-
-
-def setup_commands(application):
-    application.cli.add_command(list_routes)
-    application.cli.add_command(tmp_backfill_areas)