diff --git a/cmd/client.go b/cmd/client.go
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--- a/cmd/client.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2019 Vulcanize, Inc
-//
-// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
-// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-// (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
-// along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-package cmd
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"os/signal"
-	"sync"
-
-	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-)
-
-// clientCmd represents the serve command
-var clientCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "client",
-	Short: "Client for queuing range requests",
-	Long: `Usage
-
-./eth-statediff-service client --config={path to toml config file}`,
-	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		subCommand = cmd.CalledAs()
-		logWithCommand = *logrus.WithField("SubCommand", subCommand)
-		client()
-	},
-}
-
-func init() {
-	rootCmd.AddCommand(clientCmd)
-}
-
-func client() {
-	logWithCommand.Info("Running eth-statediff-service client command")
-
-	statediffService, err := createStateDiffService()
-	if err != nil {
-		logWithCommand.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	// start service and clientrs
-	logWithCommand.Info("Starting statediff service")
-	wg := new(sync.WaitGroup)
-	if err := statediffService.Loop(wg); err != nil {
-		logWithCommand.Fatalf("unable to start statediff service: %v", err)
-	}
-	logWithCommand.Info("Starting RPC clientrs")
-	if err := startServers(statediffService); err != nil {
-		logWithCommand.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	logWithCommand.Info("RPC clientrs successfully spun up; awaiting requests")
-
-	// clean shutdown
-	shutdown := make(chan os.Signal)
-	signal.Notify(shutdown, os.Interrupt)
-	<-shutdown
-	logWithCommand.Info("Received interrupt signal, shutting down")
-	statediffService.Stop()
-	wg.Wait()
-}