diff --git a/lnt/lnttool/create.py b/lnt/lnttool/create.py
index 7b768dbe..983fceb7 100644
--- a/lnt/lnttool/create.py
+++ b/lnt/lnttool/create.py
@@ -58,10 +58,6 @@
     # reports to different email address.
     'to' : [(".*", None)],
     }
-
-# Enable automatic restart using the wsgi_restart module; this should be off in
-# a production environment.
-wsgi_restart = False
 """
 
 kWSGITemplate = """\
diff --git a/lnt/util/wsgi_restart.py b/lnt/util/wsgi_restart.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 927cc0f3..00000000
--- a/lnt/util/wsgi_restart.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,123 +0,0 @@
-# This code lifted from the mod_wsgi docs.
-import os
-from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Sequence
-import sys
-import signal
-import threading
-import atexit
-import queue
-
-_interval = 1.0
-_times = {}
-_files: Sequence[Path] = []
-
-_running = False
-_queue: queue.Queue = queue.Queue()
-_lock = threading.Lock()
-
-
-def _restart(path):
-    _queue.put(True)
-    prefix = 'monitor (pid=%d):' % os.getpid()
-    print('%s Change detected to \'%s\'.' % (prefix, path), file=sys.stderr)
-    print('%s Triggering process restart.' % prefix, file=sys.stderr)
-    os.kill(os.getpid(), signal.SIGINT)
-
-
-def _modified(path):
-    try:
-        # If path doesn't denote a file and were previously
-        # tracking it, then it has been removed or the file type
-        # has changed so force a restart. If not previously
-        # tracking the file then we can ignore it as probably
-        # pseudo reference such as when file extracted from a
-        # collection of modules contained in a zip file.
-
-        if not os.path.isfile(path):
-            return path in _times
-
-        # Check for when file last modified.
-
-        mtime = os.stat(path).st_mtime
-        if path not in _times:
-            _times[path] = mtime
-
-        # Force restart when modification time has changed, even
-        # if time now older, as that could indicate older file
-        # has been restored.
-
-        if mtime != _times[path]:
-            return True
-    except Exception:
-        # If any exception occured, likely that file has been
-        # been removed just before stat(), so force a restart.
-
-        return True
-
-    return False
-
-
-def _monitor():
-    while True:
-        # Check modification times on all files in sys.modules.
-
-        for module in sys.modules.values():
-            if not hasattr(module, '__file__'):
-                continue
-            path = getattr(module, '__file__')
-            if not path:
-                continue
-            if os.path.splitext(path)[1] in ['.pyc', '.pyo', '.pyd']:
-                path = path[:-1]
-
-            if _modified(path):
-                return _restart(path)
-
-        # Check modification times on files which have
-        # specifically been registered for monitoring.
-
-        for path in _files:
-            if _modified(path):
-                return _restart(path)
-
-        # Go to sleep for specified interval.
-
-        try:
-            return _queue.get(timeout=_interval)
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-
-
-_thread = threading.Thread(target=_monitor)
-_thread.setDaemon(True)
-
-
-def _exiting():
-    try:
-        _queue.put(True)
-    except Exception:
-        pass
-    _thread.join()
-
-
-atexit.register(_exiting)
-
-
-def track(path):
-    if path not in _files:
-        _files.append(path)
-
-
-def start(interval=1.0):
-    global _interval
-    if interval < _interval:
-        _interval = interval
-
-    global _running
-    _lock.acquire()
-    if not _running:
-        prefix = 'monitor (pid=%d):' % os.getpid()
-        print('%s Starting change monitor.' % prefix, file=sys.stderr)
-        _running = True
-        _thread.start()
diff --git a/tests/SharedInputs/SmallInstance/lnt.cfg b/tests/SharedInputs/SmallInstance/lnt.cfg
index 57fb9fdf..77736c22 100644
--- a/tests/SharedInputs/SmallInstance/lnt.cfg
+++ b/tests/SharedInputs/SmallInstance/lnt.cfg
@@ -50,7 +50,3 @@ nt_emailer = {
     # reports to different email address.
     'to' : [(".*", None)],
     }
-
-# Enable automatic restart using the wsgi_restart module; this should be off in
-# a production environment.
-wsgi_restart = False
diff --git a/tests/runtest/Inputs/rerun_server_instance/lnt.cfg b/tests/runtest/Inputs/rerun_server_instance/lnt.cfg
index 7a1967c4..95273469 100644
--- a/tests/runtest/Inputs/rerun_server_instance/lnt.cfg
+++ b/tests/runtest/Inputs/rerun_server_instance/lnt.cfg
@@ -46,7 +46,3 @@ nt_emailer = {
     # reports to different email address.
     'to' : [(".*", None)],
     }
-
-# Enable automatic restart using the wsgi_restart module; this should be off in
-# a production environment.
-wsgi_restart = False
diff --git a/tests/server/db/Inputs/lnt_v0.4.0_basic_instance/lnt.cfg b/tests/server/db/Inputs/lnt_v0.4.0_basic_instance/lnt.cfg
index ba43b5ac..86e736f4 100644
--- a/tests/server/db/Inputs/lnt_v0.4.0_basic_instance/lnt.cfg
+++ b/tests/server/db/Inputs/lnt_v0.4.0_basic_instance/lnt.cfg
@@ -47,8 +47,4 @@ nt_emailer = {
     'to' : [(".*", None)],
     }
 
-# Enable automatic restart using the wsgi_restart module; this should be off in
-# a production environment.
-wsgi_restart = False
-
 blacklist = 'blacklist'
diff --git a/tests/server/db/Inputs/lnt_v0.4.0_filled_instance/lnt.cfg b/tests/server/db/Inputs/lnt_v0.4.0_filled_instance/lnt.cfg
index 3bfb7347..3a736f3d 100644
--- a/tests/server/db/Inputs/lnt_v0.4.0_filled_instance/lnt.cfg
+++ b/tests/server/db/Inputs/lnt_v0.4.0_filled_instance/lnt.cfg
@@ -46,7 +46,3 @@ nt_emailer = {
     # reports to different email address.
     'to' : [(".*", None)],
     }
-
-# Enable automatic restart using the wsgi_restart module; this should be off in
-# a production environment.
-wsgi_restart = False