diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index d4070fed..449436a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -39,34 +39,3 @@ jobs:
           tags: gcr.io/radicle-services/radicle-httpd:latest,gcr.io/radicle-services/radicle-httpd:${{ github.sha }}
           cache-from: type=registry,ref=gcr.io/radicle-services/radicle-httpd:latest
           cache-to: type=inline
-
-  deploy-seed-node:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build-and-push-images
-    permissions:
-      contents: 'read'
-      id-token: 'write'
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        host: [seed]
-        include:
-        - host: seed
-          zone: europe-west4-c
-    steps:
-      - id: 'auth'
-        uses: 'google-github-actions/auth@v0'
-        with:
-          workload_identity_provider: 'projects/281042598092/locations/global/workloadIdentityPools/github-actions/providers/google-cloud'
-          service_account: 'github-actions@radicle-services.iam.gserviceaccount.com'
-      - name: Fetch host .env file
-        run: gcloud beta compute ssh --zone ${{ matrix.zone }} "github-actions@alt-clients-${{ matrix.host }}" --project "radicle-services" --command="curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${{ github.repository }}/${{ github.sha }}/.env.${{ matrix.host }} >.env"
-      - name: Fetch docker-compose.yml
-        run: gcloud beta compute ssh --zone ${{ matrix.zone }} "github-actions@alt-clients-${{ matrix.host }}" --project "radicle-services" --command="curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${{ github.repository }}/${{ github.sha }}/docker-compose.yml >docker-compose.yml"
-      - name: Make room for new images
-        run: gcloud beta compute ssh --zone ${{ matrix.zone }} "github-actions@alt-clients-${{ matrix.host }}" --project "radicle-services" --command="docker system prune --all --force"
-      - name: Pull container images
-        run: gcloud beta compute ssh --zone ${{ matrix.zone }} "github-actions@alt-clients-${{ matrix.host }}" --project "radicle-services" --command="RADICLE_IMAGE_TAG=${{ github.sha }} docker-compose --file docker-compose.yml pull"
-      - name: Stop services
-        run: gcloud beta compute ssh --zone ${{ matrix.zone }} "github-actions@alt-clients-${{ matrix.host }}" --project "radicle-services" --command="RADICLE_IMAGE_TAG=${{ github.sha }} docker-compose --file docker-compose.yml down"
-      - name: Restart services
-        run: gcloud beta compute ssh --zone ${{ matrix.zone }} "github-actions@alt-clients-${{ matrix.host }}" --project "radicle-services" --command="RADICLE_IMAGE_TAG=${{ github.sha }} docker-compose --file docker-compose.yml up --detach"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index db7ed3e5..79e26b47 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ services:
       RUST_LOG: debug
       RAD_PASSPHRASE: seed
       RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
-      GIT_TRACE: 1
-      GIT_TRACE_PACKET: 1
     volumes:
       - /mnt/radicle/heartwood:/root/
     init: true
diff --git a/scripts/deploy-seed b/scripts/deploy-seed
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..083f7b90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/deploy-seed
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+HOST=seed.radicle.xyz
+BRANCH="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
+HEAD="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
+
+if [ "$BRANCH" != "master" ]; then
+  echo "You must be on the master branch to run this script."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Using commit $HEAD"
+echo "Copying files.."
+scp .env.seed          root@"$HOST":.env
+scp docker-compose.yml root@"$HOST":docker-compose.yml
+
+echo "Deploying.."
+ssh root@$HOST << EOF
+ docker system prune --all --force
+ RADICLE_IMAGE_TAG=$HEAD docker-compose --file docker-compose.yml pull
+ RADICLE_IMAGE_TAG=$HEAD docker-compose --file docker-compose.yml down
+ RADICLE_IMAGE_TAG=$HEAD docker-compose --file docker-compose.yml up --detach
+EOF