diff --git a/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_go_agent/assets/runit/agent/run b/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_go_agent/assets/runit/agent/run
index 741db436cc..9725216175 100755
--- a/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_go_agent/assets/runit/agent/run
+++ b/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_go_agent/assets/runit/agent/run
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ set -e
 export PATH=/var/vcap/bosh/bin:$PATH
 exec 2>&1
 
-source /var/vcap/bosh/etc/monit-access-helper.sh
-
-permit_monit_access
-
 cd /var/vcap/bosh
 
 exec nice -n -15 /var/vcap/bosh/bin/bosh-agent -P $(cat /var/vcap/bosh/etc/operating_system) -C /var/vcap/bosh/agent.json
diff --git a/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_monit/apply.sh b/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_monit/apply.sh
index baf830c554..405f2f93c7 100755
--- a/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_monit/apply.sh
+++ b/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_monit/apply.sh
@@ -29,13 +29,3 @@ chmod 0700 $chroot/$bosh_dir/etc/monitrc
 # monit refuses to start without an include file present
 mkdir -p $chroot/$bosh_app_dir/monit
 touch $chroot/$bosh_app_dir/monit/empty.monitrc
-
-# Monit wrapper script:
-mv $chroot/$bosh_dir/bin/monit $chroot/$bosh_dir/bin/monit-actual
-
-cp $dir/assets/monit-access-helper.sh $chroot/$bosh_dir/etc/
-cp $dir/assets/monit $chroot/$bosh_dir/bin/monit
-chmod +x $chroot/$bosh_dir/bin/monit
-
-cp $dir/assets/restrict-monit-api-access $chroot/etc/network/if-up.d/restrict-monit-api-access
-chmod +x $chroot/etc/network/if-up.d/restrict-monit-api-access
diff --git a/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_monit/assets/monit b/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_monit/assets/monit
deleted file mode 100644
index 990fecadeb..0000000000
--- a/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_monit/assets/monit
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-source /var/vcap/bosh/etc/monit-access-helper.sh
-
-permit_monit_access
-
-exec /var/vcap/bosh/bin/monit-actual "$@"
diff --git a/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_monit/assets/monit-access-helper.sh b/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_monit/assets/monit-access-helper.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f66ca3a2d..0000000000
--- a/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_monit/assets/monit-access-helper.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# This is the integer value of the argument "0xb0540001", which is
-# b054:0001 . The major number (the left-hand side) is "BOSH", leet-ified.
-# The minor number (the right-hand side) is 1, indicating that this is the
-# first thing in our "BOSH" classid namespace.
-#
-# _Hopefully_ noone uses a major number of "b054", and we avoid collisions _forever_!
-# If you need to select new classids for firewall rules or traffic control rules, keep
-# the major number "b054" for bosh stuff, unless there's a good reason to not.
-#
-# The net_cls.classid structure is described in more detail here:
-# https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroup-v1/net_cls.txt
-
-monit_isolation_classid=2958295041
-
-permit_monit_access() {
-    net_cls_location="$(cat /proc/self/mounts | grep ^cgroup | grep net_cls | awk '{ print $2 }' )"
-    net_cls_subproc="$(grep net_cls /proc/self/cgroup | awk -F ":" '{ print $3 }' )"
-    monit_access_cgroup="${net_cls_location}/${net_cls_subproc}/monit-api-access"
-
-    mkdir -p "${monit_access_cgroup}"
-    echo "${monit_isolation_classid}" > "${monit_access_cgroup}/net_cls.classid"
-
-    echo $$ > "${monit_access_cgroup}/tasks"
-}
diff --git a/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_monit/assets/restrict-monit-api-access b/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_monit/assets/restrict-monit-api-access
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b25e2fbaf..0000000000
--- a/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_monit/assets/restrict-monit-api-access
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-source /var/vcap/bosh/etc/monit-access-helper.sh
-
-if iptables -t mangle -C POSTROUTING -d 127.0.0.1 -p tcp --dport 2822 \
-	    -m cgroup \! --cgroup "${monit_isolation_classid}" -j DROP
-then
-  /bin/true
-else
-    iptables -t mangle -I POSTROUTING -d 127.0.0.1 -p tcp --dport 2822 \
-	     -m cgroup \! --cgroup "${monit_isolation_classid}" -j DROP
-    iptables -t mangle -I POSTROUTING -d 127.0.0.1 -p tcp --dport 2822 \
-	     -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
-fi