diff --git a/startvnc b/startvnc
index a1f519ee6463babf43ca838ae7adb339f8daf299..32619013a97530e59567e88ca357a561652fdc91 100755
--- a/startvnc
+++ b/startvnc
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ clean_up () {
     if [[ -n ${job_id:-} ]]; then
         echo "Removing job ${job_id}."
         ssh_frontend "scancel -Q ${job_id}; sleep 1; \
-                     cd .startvnc && rm -f out.${job_id} nodelist_${job_id}.txt"
+                     cd .startvnc && rm -f out.${job_id}"
     else
         echo "Job ID not available. Make sure the vncjob is not running!"
         ssh_frontend "squeue -u ${SVNC_USERNAME}"
@@ -224,9 +224,6 @@ ${sbatch_resources}
 #SBATCH --parsable
 #SBATCH --dkrzepilog=0
 cd \${HOME}
-scontrol show hostname \${SLURM_JOB_NODELIST} | \
-    awk '{print \$0":0";print \$0":1";print \$0":2";print \$0":3"}' > \
-    .startvnc/nodelist_\${SLURM_JOB_ID}.txt
 /opt/TurboVNC/bin/vncserver -fg -geometry "${SVNC_GEOMETRY}" -localhost
 EOF
 }