diff --git a/server/streamreader/stream_control.cpp b/server/streamreader/stream_control.cpp
index 8186d6ad..525018b8 100644
--- a/server/streamreader/stream_control.cpp
+++ b/server/streamreader/stream_control.cpp
@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@ StreamControl::StreamControl(const boost::asio::any_io_executor& executor) : exe
 }
 
 
-StreamControl::~StreamControl()
-{
-    stop();
-}
-
 
 void StreamControl::start(const std::string& stream_id, const ServerSettings& server_setttings, const OnNotification& notification_handler,
                           const OnRequest& request_handler, const OnLog& log_handler)
@@ -78,10 +73,6 @@ void StreamControl::command(const jsonrpcpp::Request& request, const OnResponse&
 }
 
 
-void StreamControl::stop()
-{
-}
-
 
 void StreamControl::onReceive(const std::string& json)
 {
@@ -157,6 +148,7 @@ ScriptStreamControl::ScriptStreamControl(const boost::asio::any_io_executor& exe
 }
 
 
+
 void ScriptStreamControl::doStart(const std::string& stream_id, const ServerSettings& server_setttings)
 {
     pipe_stderr_ = bp::pipe();
@@ -248,21 +240,4 @@ void ScriptStreamControl::stdoutReadLine()
 }
 
 
-
-void ScriptStreamControl::stop()
-{
-    if (process_.running())
-    {
-        LOG(INFO, LOG_TAG) << "Stopping script '" << script_ << "'\n";
-        ::kill(-process_.native_handle(), SIGINT);
-        auto timeout = 500ms;
-        if (!process_.wait_for(timeout))
-        {
-            LOG(INFO, LOG_TAG) << "Script did not terminate after " << timeout.count() << " ms, terminating.\n";
-            process_.terminate();
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-
 } // namespace streamreader
diff --git a/server/streamreader/stream_control.hpp b/server/streamreader/stream_control.hpp
index f2267e7f..d36617a2 100644
--- a/server/streamreader/stream_control.hpp
+++ b/server/streamreader/stream_control.hpp
@@ -59,11 +59,10 @@ public:
     using OnLog = std::function<void(std::string message)>;
 
     StreamControl(const boost::asio::any_io_executor& executor);
-    virtual ~StreamControl();
+    virtual ~StreamControl() = default;
 
     void start(const std::string& stream_id, const ServerSettings& server_setttings, const OnNotification& notification_handler,
                const OnRequest& request_handler, const OnLog& log_handler);
-    virtual void stop();
 
     void command(const jsonrpcpp::Request& request, const OnResponse& response_handler);
 
@@ -91,8 +90,6 @@ public:
     ScriptStreamControl(const boost::asio::any_io_executor& executor, const std::string& script, const std::string& params);
     virtual ~ScriptStreamControl() = default;
 
-    void stop() override;
-
 protected:
     /// Send a message to stdin of the process
     void doCommand(const jsonrpcpp::Request& request) override;