diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 37a4de29..f62d40b3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ _This release is scheduled to be released on 2024-10-01._
 
 ### Removed
 
+- [core] removed installer only files, (#3492)
+
 ### Updated
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/installers/mm.sh b/installers/mm.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index d56ffca3..00000000
--- a/installers/mm.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# This file is still here to keep PM2 working on older installations.
-cd ~/MagicMirror
-DISPLAY=:0 npm start
diff --git a/splashscreen/MagicMirror.plymouth b/splashscreen/MagicMirror.plymouth
deleted file mode 100644
index b6887bf5..00000000
--- a/splashscreen/MagicMirror.plymouth
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-[Plymouth Theme]
-Name=MagicMirror
-Description=Mirror Splash
-ModuleName=script
-
-[script]
-ImageDir=/usr/share/plymouth/themes/MagicMirror
-ScriptFile=/usr/share/plymouth/themes/MagicMirror/MagicMirror.script
diff --git a/splashscreen/MagicMirror.script b/splashscreen/MagicMirror.script
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e2f5643..00000000
--- a/splashscreen/MagicMirror.script
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-screen_width = Window.GetWidth();
-screen_height = Window.GetHeight();
-
-if (Plymouth.GetMode() != "shutdown")
-{
-	theme_image = Image("splash.png");
-}
-else
-{
-	theme_image = Image("splash_halt.png");
-}
-
-image_width = theme_image.GetWidth();
-image_height = theme_image.GetHeight();
-
-scale_x = image_width / screen_width;
-scale_y = image_height / screen_height;
-
-if (scale_x > 1 || scale_y > 1)
-{
-	if (scale_x > scale_y)
-	{
-		resized_image = theme_image.Scale (screen_width, image_height / scale_x);
-		image_x = 0;
-		image_y = (screen_height - ((image_height  * screen_width) / image_width)) / 2;
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		resized_image = theme_image.Scale (image_width / scale_y, screen_height);
-		image_x = (screen_width - ((image_width  * screen_height) / image_height)) / 2;
-		image_y = 0;
-	}
-}
-else
-{
-	resized_image = theme_image.Scale (image_width, image_height);
-	image_x = (screen_width - image_width) / 2;
-	image_y = (screen_height - image_height) / 2;
-}
-
-sprite = Sprite (resized_image);
-sprite.SetPosition (image_x, image_y, -100);
-
-message_sprite = Sprite();
-message_sprite.SetPosition(screen_width * 0.1, screen_height * 0.9, 10000);
-
-fun message_callback (text) {
-	my_image = Image.Text(text, 1, 1, 1);
-	message_sprite.SetImage(my_image);
-	sprite.SetImage (resized_image);
-}
-
-Plymouth.SetUpdateStatusFunction(message_callback);
diff --git a/splashscreen/splash.png b/splashscreen/splash.png
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diff --git a/splashscreen/splash_halt.png b/splashscreen/splash_halt.png
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