diff --git a/src/freedombone b/src/freedombone
index 259c1fcb..2bdf49f7 100755
--- a/src/freedombone
+++ b/src/freedombone
@@ -321,12 +321,6 @@ CREATE_GIT_PROJECT_COMMAND='create-project'
 # File which keeps track of what has already been installed
 COMPLETION_FILE=$HOME/freedombone-completed.txt
 
-# Your github username
-GITHUB_USERNAME=
-
-# Directory where github projects will be backed up
-GITHUB_BACKUP_DIRECTORY=/var/backups/github
-
 # Used to indicate whether the backup contains MariaDB databases or not
 BACKUP_INCLUDES_DATABASES="no"
 
@@ -1076,12 +1070,6 @@ function read_configuration {
       if grep -q "ROUTER_IP_ADDRESS" $CONFIGURATION_FILE; then
           ROUTER_IP_ADDRESS=$(grep "ROUTER_IP_ADDRESS" $CONFIGURATION_FILE | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
       fi
-      if grep -q "GITHUB_USERNAME" $CONFIGURATION_FILE; then
-          GITHUB_USERNAME=$(grep "GITHUB_USERNAME" $CONFIGURATION_FILE | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
-      fi
-      if grep -q "GITHUB_BACKUP_DIRECTORY" $CONFIGURATION_FILE; then
-          GITHUB_BACKUP_DIRECTORY=$(grep "GITHUB_BACKUP_DIRECTORY" $CONFIGURATION_FILE | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
-      fi
       if grep -q "CPU_CORES" $CONFIGURATION_FILE; then
           CPU_CORES=$(grep "CPU_CORES" $CONFIGURATION_FILE | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
       fi
@@ -11339,46 +11327,6 @@ function create_git_project {
   echo 'create_git_project' >> $COMPLETION_FILE
 }
 
-# Create daily backups of any projects on Github
-# Then if Github goes away, turns evil, is censored or has
-# outages then you still have access to your projects
-function backup_github_projects {
-  if grep -Fxq "backup_github_projects" $COMPLETION_FILE; then
-      return
-  fi
-  if [ ! $GITHUB_USERNAME ]; then
-      return 731
-  fi
-  if [ ! $GITHUB_BACKUP_DIRECTORY ]; then
-      return 732
-  fi
-  apt-get -y install git
-
-  # create a github backups directory if needed
-  if [ ! -d $GITHUB_BACKUP_DIRECTORY ]; then
-      mkdir -p $GITHUB_BACKUP_DIRECTORY
-  fi
-
-  # get the backup utility
-  cd $INSTALL_DIR
-  git clone https://github.com/josegonzalez/python-github-backup
-
-  # install it
-  cd $INSTALL_DIR/python-github-backup
-  python setup.py install
-
-  # add a daily cron entry
-  echo '#!/bin/bash' > /etc/cron.daily/github
-  echo "github-backup $GITHUB_USERNAME -o $GITHUB_BACKUP_DIRECTORY --repositories" >> /etc/cron.daily/github
-  echo 'exit 0' >> /etc/cron.daily/github
-  chmod +x /etc/cron.daily/github
-
-  # do an initial backup
-  /etc/cron.daily/github
-
-  echo 'backup_github_projects' >> $COMPLETION_FILE
-}
-
 function check_date {
   curr_date=$(date)
   if [[ $curr_date == *"1970"* ]]; then
@@ -11876,7 +11824,6 @@ set_your_domain_name
 time_synchronisation
 configure_internet_protocol
 create_git_project
-backup_github_projects
 configure_ssh
 remove_instructions_from_motd
 check_hwrng