diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a5a56e68..3ba5e9a3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ saves
 sharedPlugins/*
 !sharedPlugins/inventoryImports/
 !sharedPlugins/UPSdisplay/
-!sharedPlugins/remoteCommands/
 !sharedPlugins/researchSync/
 !sharedPlugins/globalChat/
 !sharedPlugins/clusterioMod/
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 75e994cb..02b70141 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ Version 2.0.0
   add in a remote interface.
 - Removed mod uploading and distributing from the HTTP interface.  Breaks
   the old unmaintained and no longer needed factorioClusterioClient.
+- Removed the remoteCommands plugin and the old runCommand interface.  Breaks
+  playerManager and external tools sending commands.
 
 
 Version 1.2.3
diff --git a/CLI tools/cluster_rcon.js b/CLI tools/cluster_rcon.js
deleted file mode 100644
index becb0e08..00000000
--- a/CLI tools/cluster_rcon.js	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-const needle = require("needle");
-const cli = require("cli");
-const config = require("./../config.json");
-
-let options = cli.parse()
-cli.setUsage(`node cluster_rcon /c game.player.force = "player"`)
-if(process.argv.length < 3){
-	cli.getUsage()
-	process.exit(1)
-}
-
-const token = config.masterAuthToken
-let commandArray = process.argv;
-commandArray.shift();
-commandArray.shift();
-const needleOptionsWithTokenAuthHeader = {
-	headers: {
-		'x-access-token': token,
-	},
-};
-
-let command = commandArray.join(" ");
-let killBiters = `/silent-command local surface=game.surfaces[1] for key, entity in pairs(surface.find_entities_filtered({force="enemy"})) do entity.destroy() end`;
-
-(async ()=>{
-	needle.post(config.masterURL+"/api/runCommand", {
-		broadcast:true,
-		command,
-	}, needleOptionsWithTokenAuthHeader, (err, resp) => {
-		console.log(resp.body)
-	});
-	// setInterval(()=>{
-		// needle.post(config.masterURL+"/api/runCommand", {
-		// broadcast:true,
-		// command: killBiters,
-	// }, needleOptionsWithTokenAuthHeader, (err, resp) => {
-		// console.log(resp.body)
-	// });
-	// }, 1000*60*5);
-})();
diff --git a/master.js b/master.js
index 454f6191..48a0686a 100644
--- a/master.js
+++ b/master.js
@@ -340,50 +340,6 @@ app.get("/api/modmeta", async function(req, res) {
 });
 
 
-/**
-POST endpoint for running commands on slaves.
-Requires x-access-token header to be set. Find you api token in secret-api-token.txt on the master (after running it once)
-
-@memberof clusterioMaster
-@instance
-@alias api/runCommand
-@param {object} JSON {instanceID:19412312, broadcast:false, command:"/c game.print('hello')"}
-@returns {object} Status {auth: bool, message: "Informative error", data:{}}
-*/
-app.post("/api/runCommand", authenticate.middleware, function(req,res) {
-	endpointHitCounter.labels(req.route.path).inc();
-	// validate request.body
-	let body = req.body;
-
-	if (
-		body.broadcast
-		&& body.command
-		&& typeof body.command == "string"
-		&& body.command[0] == "/")
-	{
-		let instanceResponses = [];
-		for (let instanceID in wsSlaves) {
-			// skip loop if the property is from prototype
-			if (!wsSlaves.hasOwnProperty(instanceID)) continue;
-			wsSlaves[instanceID].runCommand(body.command);
-		}
-		res.status(200).send({auth: true, message: "success", response: "Cluster wide messaging initiated"});
-	} else if (
-		body.instanceID
-		&& wsSlaves[body.instanceID]
-		&& body.command
-		&& typeof body.command == "string"
-		&& body.command[0] == "/")
-	{
-		// execute command
-		wsSlaves[body.instanceID].runCommand(body.command, data => {
-			res.status(200).send({auth: true, message: "success", data});
-		});
-	} else {
-		res.status(400).send({auth: true, message: "Error: invalid request.body"});
-	}
-});
-
 var localeCache;
 /**
 GET endpoint. Returns factorio's base locale as a JSON object.
@@ -423,15 +379,6 @@ class wsSlave {
 			prometheusWsUsageCounter.labels('heartbeat', this.instanceID).inc();
 			this.lastBeat = Date.now();
 		});
-		// handle command return values
-		this.commandsWaitingForReturn = {};
-		this.socket.on("runCommandReturnValue", resp => {
-			prometheusWsUsageCounter.labels('runCommandReturnValue', this.instanceID).inc();
-			if(resp.commandID && resp.body && this.commandsWaitingForReturn[resp.commandID] && this.commandsWaitingForReturn[resp.commandID].callback && typeof this.commandsWaitingForReturn[resp.commandID].callback == "function"){
-				this.commandsWaitingForReturn[resp.commandID].callback(resp.body);
-				delete this.commandsWaitingForReturn[resp.commandID];
-			}
-		});
 
 		this.socket.on("gameChat", data => {
 			prometheusWsUsageCounter.labels('gameChat', this.instanceID).inc();
@@ -455,11 +402,6 @@ class wsSlave {
 			}
 		});
 	}
-	runCommand(command, callback){
-		let commandID = Math.random().toString();
-		this.socket.emit("runCommand", {command, commandID});
-		if(commandID) this.commandsWaitingForReturn[commandID] = {callback, timestamp: Date.now()};
-	}
 }
 
 io.use((socket, next) => {
diff --git a/sharedPlugins/remoteCommands/config.js b/sharedPlugins/remoteCommands/config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 07a83322..00000000
--- a/sharedPlugins/remoteCommands/config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-/*
-	Config for clusterio remote command plugin.
-	Allows you to execute commands on slaves with a web API.
-	
-	Careful, may allow for RCE vulnerabilities.
-*/
-module.exports = {
-	// Name of package. For display somewhere I guess.
-	name: "remoteCommands",
-	version: "1.0.0",
-	binary: "nodePackage",
-	description: "Config for clusterio remote command plugin. Allows you to execute commands on slaves with a web API.",
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sharedPlugins/remoteCommands/index.js b/sharedPlugins/remoteCommands/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 62a7df20..00000000
--- a/sharedPlugins/remoteCommands/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = class remoteCommands {
-	constructor(mergedConfig, messageInterface, extras){
-		this.messageInterface = messageInterface;
-		this.config = mergedConfig;
-		this.socket = extras.socket;
-		
-		if(this.config.allowRemoteCommandExecution){
-			this.socket.on("runCommand", data => {
-				let {commandID} = data;
-				this.messageInterface(data.command);
-				if(commandID){
-					this.socket.emit("runCommandReturnValue", {
-						commandID,
-						body: {
-							info: "Command was sent to factorio",
-						},
-					});
-				}
-			});
-		}
-	}
-	scriptOutput(data){
-        // we don't return anything yet
-    }
-}
diff --git a/sharedPlugins/remoteCommands/test/missing.js b/sharedPlugins/remoteCommands/test/missing.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 923d82bf..00000000
--- a/sharedPlugins/remoteCommands/test/missing.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-// These are libraries that does not have any units test, they are
-// required here in order to track coverage for them.
-
-require('../index');