--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
 const semver = require('semver');
 const engines = require('./package.json').engines;
-const fs = require('fs');
-const os = require('os');
 const path = require('path');
-const {exec} = require('child_process');
-const {rimrafSync} = require('rimraf');
 require('source-map-support').install();
 
 let controller;
 let stopping = false;
 
-const hashFile = path.join(__dirname, 'dist', '.hash');
-
 async function restart() {
     await stop(true);
     await start();
@@ -23,64 +17,7 @@
     }
 }
 
-async function currentHash() {
-    const git = require('git-last-commit');
-    return new Promise((resolve) => {
-        git.getLastCommit((err, commit) => {
-            if (err) resolve('unknown');
-            else resolve(commit.shortHash);
-        });
-    });
-}
-
-async function writeHash() {
-    const hash = await currentHash();
-    fs.writeFileSync(hashFile, hash);
-}
-
-async function build(reason) {
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        process.stdout.write(`Building Zigbee2MQTT... (${reason})`);
-        rimrafSync('dist');
-        const env = {...process.env};
-        const _600mb = 629145600;
-        if (_600mb > os.totalmem() && !env.NODE_OPTIONS) {
-            // Prevent OOM on tsc compile for system with low memory
-            // https://github.com/Koenkk/zigbee2mqtt/issues/12034
-            env.NODE_OPTIONS = '--max_old_space_size=256';
-        }
-
-        exec('npm run build', {env, cwd: __dirname}, async (err, stdout, stderr) => {
-            if (err) {
-                process.stdout.write(', failed\n');
-                if (err.code === 134) {
-                    process.stderr.write(
-                        '\n\nBuild failed; ran out-of-memory, free some memory (RAM) and start again\n\n');
-                }
-                reject(err);
-            } else {
-                process.stdout.write(', finished\n');
-                resolve();
-            }
-        });
-    });
-}
-
-async function checkDist() {
-    if (!fs.existsSync(hashFile)) {
-        await build('initial build');
-    }
-
-    const distHash = fs.readFileSync(hashFile, 'utf-8');
-    const hash = await currentHash();
-    if (hash !== 'unknown' && distHash !== hash) {
-        await build('hash changed');
-    }
-}
-
 async function start() {
-    await checkDist();
-
     const version = engines.node;
     if (!semver.satisfies(process.version, version)) {
         console.log(`\t\tZigbee2MQTT requires node version ${version}, you are running ${process.version}!\n`); // eslint-disable-line
@@ -119,13 +56,9 @@
 }
 
 if (require.main === module || require.main.filename.endsWith(path.sep + 'cli.js')) {
-    if (process.argv.length === 3 && process.argv[2] === 'writehash') {
-        writeHash();
-    } else {
-        process.on('SIGINT', handleQuit);
-        process.on('SIGTERM', handleQuit);
-        start();
-    }
+    process.on('SIGINT', handleQuit);
+    process.on('SIGTERM', handleQuit);
+    start();
 } else {
     process.on('SIGINT', handleQuit);
     process.on('SIGTERM', handleQuit);
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,3 +22,3 @@
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "tsc && node index.js writehash",
+    "build": "tsc",
     "build-watch": "tsc --watch",