diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c19b1805f..a3864f126 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ WORKDIR /app
 COPY --from=builder ["/app/agent-build/mizuagent", "."]
 COPY --from=site-build ["/app/ui-build/build", "site"]
 
-COPY agent/start.sh .
-
 # gin-gonic runs in debug mode without this
 ENV GIN_MODE=release
 
diff --git a/agent/start.sh b/agent/start.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 4b04b6d47..000000000
--- a/agent/start.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-./mizuagent -i any -hardump -targets ${TAPPED_ADDRESSES}
diff --git a/cli/kubernetes/provider.go b/cli/kubernetes/provider.go
index fcbb78502..221895ad4 100644
--- a/cli/kubernetes/provider.go
+++ b/cli/kubernetes/provider.go
@@ -577,7 +577,6 @@ func (provider *Provider) ApplyMizuTapperDaemonSet(ctx context.Context, namespac
 		"./mizuagent",
 		"-i", "any",
 		"--tap",
-		"--hardump",
 		"--api-server-address", fmt.Sprintf("ws://%s/wsTapper", apiServerPodIp),
 	}
 	if tapOutgoing {
diff --git a/tap/passive_tapper.go b/tap/passive_tapper.go
index 79274029f..ae745caa3 100644
--- a/tap/passive_tapper.go
+++ b/tap/passive_tapper.go
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ var staleTimeoutSeconds = flag.Int("staletimout", 120, "Max time in seconds to k
 var memprofile = flag.String("memprofile", "", "Write memory profile")
 
 // output
-var dumpToHar = flag.Bool("hardump", false, "Dump traffic to har files")
 var HarOutputDir = flag.String("hardir", "", "Directory in which to store output har files")
 var harEntriesPerFile = flag.Int("harentriesperfile", 200, "Number of max number of har entries to store in each file")
 
@@ -186,19 +185,12 @@ func (c *Context) GetCaptureInfo() gopacket.CaptureInfo {
 func StartPassiveTapper(opts *TapOpts) (<-chan *OutputChannelItem, <-chan *OutboundLink) {
 	hostMode = opts.HostMode
 
-	var harWriter *HarWriter
-	if *dumpToHar {
-		harWriter = NewHarWriter(*HarOutputDir, *harEntriesPerFile)
-	}
+	harWriter := NewHarWriter(*HarOutputDir, *harEntriesPerFile)
 	outboundLinkWriter := NewOutboundLinkWriter()
 
 	go startPassiveTapper(harWriter, outboundLinkWriter)
 
-	if harWriter != nil {
-		return harWriter.OutChan, outboundLinkWriter.OutChan
-	}
-
-	return nil, outboundLinkWriter.OutChan
+	return harWriter.OutChan, outboundLinkWriter.OutChan
 }
 
 func startMemoryProfiler() {
@@ -321,10 +313,8 @@ func startPassiveTapper(harWriter *HarWriter, outboundLinkWriter *OutboundLinkWr
 		}
 	}
 
-	if *dumpToHar {
-		harWriter.Start()
-		defer harWriter.Stop()
-	}
+	harWriter.Start()
+	defer harWriter.Stop()
 	defer outboundLinkWriter.Stop()
 
 	var dec gopacket.Decoder