diff --git a/docker-compose.maintenance.yml b/docker-compose.maintenance.yml
index b18f97513..33a9d28f6 100644
--- a/docker-compose.maintenance.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.maintenance.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ services:
     build:
       context: maintenance
     volumes:
-      - mongo-export:/mongo-export
       - uploads:/uploads
       - neo4j-data:/data
       - ./maintenance/migration/:/migration
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ services:
       - 7474:7474
 
 volumes:
-  mongo-export:
   uploads:
   neo4j-data:
 
diff --git a/maintenance/Dockerfile b/maintenance/Dockerfile
index 83154d836..1fafce5e8 100644
--- a/maintenance/Dockerfile
+++ b/maintenance/Dockerfile
@@ -1,26 +1,11 @@
-FROM humanconnection/neo4j:latest as base
+FROM humanconnection/neo4j:latest
 
 ENV NODE_ENV=maintenance
 EXPOSE 7687 7474
-VOLUME /mongo-export /uploads /data
 
 RUN apk upgrade --update
 RUN apk add --no-cache mongodb-tools openssh nodejs yarn rsync
 
-FROM humanconnection/nitro-backend:latest as backend
-
-FROM base
-
-COPY --from=backend /nitro-backend /nitro-backend
-COPY seeding/package.json .
-# Install graphql-request manually, it's required for seeding and not included
-# in backend's preinstalled node_modules/
-RUN yarn install                                      && \
-  cp -r ./node_modules/* /nitro-backend/node_modules/ && \
-  rm -rf ./node_modules/ yarn.lock                    && \
-  mv package.json /nitro-backend/package.json
-# We have to do this odd copying to prevent cleaning `node_modules` folder which
-# would happen if we `yarn install|add` in the target directory
-
+COPY known_hosts /root/.ssh/known_hosts
 COPY migration ./migration
 COPY ./binaries/* /usr/local/bin/
diff --git a/maintenance/binaries/import_legacy_uploads b/maintenance/binaries/import_legacy_uploads
index 73240715b..24ae0fca5 100755
--- a/maintenance/binaries/import_legacy_uploads
+++ b/maintenance/binaries/import_legacy_uploads
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ do
   fi
 done
 
-create_private_ssh_key_from_env
+[ -z "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" ] || create_private_ssh_key_from_env
 rsync --archive --update --verbose ${SSH_USERNAME}@${SSH_HOST}:${UPLOADS_DIRECTORY}/* /uploads/
diff --git a/maintenance/binaries/reset_db b/maintenance/binaries/reset_db
deleted file mode 100755
index ce768089a..000000000
--- a/maintenance/binaries/reset_db
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
-
-cd /nitro-backend && yarn run db:reset
diff --git a/maintenance/binaries/seed_db b/maintenance/binaries/seed_db
deleted file mode 100755
index ce768089a..000000000
--- a/maintenance/binaries/seed_db
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
-
-cd /nitro-backend && yarn run db:reset
diff --git a/maintenance/known_hosts b/maintenance/known_hosts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..947840cb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maintenance/known_hosts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+|1|GuOYlVEhTowidPs18zj9p5F2j3o=|sDHJYLz9Ftv11oXeGEjs7SpVyg0= ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBM5N29bI5CeKu1/RBPyM2fwyf7fuajOO+tyhKe1+CC2sZ1XNB5Ff6t6MtCLNRv2mUuvzTbW/HkisDiA5tuXUHOk=
+|1|2KP9NV+Q5g2MrtjAeFSVcs8YeOI=|nf3h4wWVwC4xbBS1kzgzE2tBldk= ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBNhRK6BeIEUxXlS0z/pOfkUkSPfn33g4J1U3L+MyUQYHm+7agT08799ANJhnvELKE1tt4Vx80I9UR81oxzZcy3E=
+|1|HonYIRNhKyroUHPKU1HSZw0+Qzs=|5T1btfwFBz2vNSldhqAIfTbfIgQ= ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBNhRK6BeIEUxXlS0z/pOfkUkSPfn33g4J1U3L+MyUQYHm+7agT08799ANJhnvELKE1tt4Vx80I9UR81oxzZcy3E=
diff --git a/maintenance/migration/mongo/import.sh b/maintenance/migration/mongo/import.sh
index 89c255a76..328560bfc 100755
--- a/maintenance/migration/mongo/import.sh
+++ b/maintenance/migration/mongo/import.sh
@@ -9,15 +9,16 @@ echo "MONGODB_DATABASE         ${MONGODB_DATABASE}"
 echo "MONGODB_AUTH_DB          ${MONGODB_AUTH_DB}"
 echo "-------------------------------------------------"
 
-create_private_ssh_key_from_env
+[ -z "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" ] || create_private_ssh_key_from_env
 
-rm -rf /mongo-export/*
+rm -rf /tmp/mongo-export/*
+mkdir -p /tmp/mongo-export
 
 ssh -4 -M -S my-ctrl-socket -fnNT -L 27018:localhost:27017 -l ${SSH_USERNAME} ${SSH_HOST}
 
 for collection in "categories" "badges" "users" "contributions" "comments" "follows" "shouts"
 do
-  mongoexport --host localhost -d ${MONGODB_DATABASE} --port 27018 --username ${MONGODB_USERNAME} --password ${MONGODB_PASSWORD} --authenticationDatabase ${MONGODB_AUTH_DB} --db ${MONGODB_DATABASE} --collection $collection --out "/mongo-export/$collection.json"
+  mongoexport --host localhost -d ${MONGODB_DATABASE} --port 27018 --username ${MONGODB_USERNAME} --password ${MONGODB_PASSWORD} --authenticationDatabase ${MONGODB_AUTH_DB} --db ${MONGODB_DATABASE} --collection $collection --out "/tmp/mongo-export/$collection.json"
 done
 
 ssh -S my-ctrl-socket -O check -l ${SSH_USERNAME} ${SSH_HOST}
diff --git a/maintenance/migration/neo4j/badges.cql b/maintenance/migration/neo4j/badges.cql
index 90e4755b4..f4bf67dda 100644
--- a/maintenance/migration/neo4j/badges.cql
+++ b/maintenance/migration/neo4j/badges.cql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CALL apoc.load.json('file:/mongo-export/badges.json') YIELD value as badge
+CALL apoc.load.json('file:/tmp/mongo-export/badges.json') YIELD value as badge
 MERGE(b:Badge {id: badge._id["$oid"]})
 ON CREATE SET
 b.key       = badge.key,
diff --git a/maintenance/migration/neo4j/categories.cql b/maintenance/migration/neo4j/categories.cql
index a2bf6a352..c22354cbe 100644
--- a/maintenance/migration/neo4j/categories.cql
+++ b/maintenance/migration/neo4j/categories.cql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CALL apoc.load.json('file:/mongo-export/categories.json') YIELD value as category
+CALL apoc.load.json('file:/tmp/mongo-export/categories.json') YIELD value as category
 MERGE(c:Category {id: category._id["$oid"]})
 ON CREATE SET
 c.name      = category.title,
diff --git a/maintenance/migration/neo4j/comments.cql b/maintenance/migration/neo4j/comments.cql
index 6709acbc8..eb645108a 100644
--- a/maintenance/migration/neo4j/comments.cql
+++ b/maintenance/migration/neo4j/comments.cql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CALL apoc.load.json('file:/mongo-export/comments.json') YIELD value as json
+CALL apoc.load.json('file:/tmp/mongo-export/comments.json') YIELD value as json
 MERGE (comment:Comment {id: json._id["$oid"]})
 ON CREATE SET
 comment.content        = json.content,
diff --git a/maintenance/migration/neo4j/contributions.cql b/maintenance/migration/neo4j/contributions.cql
index 0c7b18959..134c276cf 100644
--- a/maintenance/migration/neo4j/contributions.cql
+++ b/maintenance/migration/neo4j/contributions.cql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CALL apoc.load.json('file:/mongo-export/contributions.json') YIELD value as post
+CALL apoc.load.json('file:/tmp/mongo-export/contributions.json') YIELD value as post
 MERGE (p:Post {id: post._id["$oid"]})
 ON CREATE SET
 p.title          = post.title,
diff --git a/maintenance/migration/neo4j/follows.cql b/maintenance/migration/neo4j/follows.cql
index 0dad6a435..6f5416723 100644
--- a/maintenance/migration/neo4j/follows.cql
+++ b/maintenance/migration/neo4j/follows.cql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CALL apoc.load.json('file:/mongo-export/follows.json') YIELD value as follow
+CALL apoc.load.json('file:/tmp/mongo-export/follows.json') YIELD value as follow
 MATCH (u1:User {id: follow.userId}), (u2:User {id: follow.foreignId})
 MERGE (u1)-[:FOLLOWS]->(u2)
 ;
diff --git a/maintenance/migration/neo4j/shouts.cql b/maintenance/migration/neo4j/shouts.cql
index 60aca50c9..cd72ab66b 100644
--- a/maintenance/migration/neo4j/shouts.cql
+++ b/maintenance/migration/neo4j/shouts.cql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CALL apoc.load.json('file:/mongo-export/shouts.json') YIELD value as shout
+CALL apoc.load.json('file:/tmp/mongo-export/shouts.json') YIELD value as shout
 MATCH (u:User {id: shout.userId}), (p:Post {id: shout.foreignId})
 MERGE (u)-[:SHOUTED]->(p)
 ;
diff --git a/maintenance/migration/neo4j/users.cql b/maintenance/migration/neo4j/users.cql
index 5f87bb273..22eb46882 100644
--- a/maintenance/migration/neo4j/users.cql
+++ b/maintenance/migration/neo4j/users.cql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CALL apoc.load.json('file:/mongo-export/users.json') YIELD value as user
+CALL apoc.load.json('file:/tmp/mongo-export/users.json') YIELD value as user
 MERGE(u:User {id: user._id["$oid"]})
 ON CREATE SET
 u.name       = user.name,
diff --git a/maintenance/seeding/.env.template b/maintenance/seeding/.env.template
deleted file mode 100644
index abc62b2dc..000000000
--- a/maintenance/seeding/.env.template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-NEO4J_URI=bolt://localhost:7687
-NEO4J_USER=neo4j
-NEO4J_PASSWORD=letmein
-GRAPHQL_PORT=4000
-GRAPHQL_URI=http://localhost:4000
-CLIENT_URI=http://localhost:3000
-MOCK=false
-
-JWT_SECRET="b/&&7b78BF&fv/Vd"
-MAPBOX_TOKEN="pk.eyJ1IjoiaHVtYW4tY29ubmVjdGlvbiIsImEiOiJjajl0cnBubGoweTVlM3VwZ2lzNTNud3ZtIn0.KZ8KK9l70omjXbEkkbHGsQ"
-
-PRIVATE_KEY_PASSPHRASE="a7dsf78sadg87ad87sfagsadg78"
diff --git a/maintenance/seeding/package.json b/maintenance/seeding/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index f3e5c115f..000000000
--- a/maintenance/seeding/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "license": "MIT",
-  "scripts": {
-    "start": "node dist/",
-    "db:script:seed": "wait-on tcp:4001 && node dist/seed/seed-db.js",
-    "db:reset": "node dist/seed/reset-db.js",
-    "db:seed": "cross-env GRAPHQL_URI=http://localhost:4001 GRAPHQL_PORT=4001 DISABLED_MIDDLEWARES=permissions run-p --race start db:script:seed"
-  },
-  "dependencies": {
-    "graphql-request": "*"
-  }
-}