diff --git a/script/launch_gripper_sim.sh b/script/launch_gripper_sim.sh
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index ba8f357af076df663444ce02b08163867562da36..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/script/launch_gripper_sim.sh
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@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash 
-
-# create virtual serial port
-socat -d -d pty,raw,echo=0,link=/tmp/darwin_driver pty,raw,echo=0,link=/tmp/usart3_sim_serial_fw &
-
-ln -s /tmp/darwin_v1_user /tmp/usart1_sim_serial_fw
-ln -s /tmp/darwin_v2_user /tmp/usart2_sim_serial_fw
-ln -s /tmp/darwin_spi_fw /tmp/spi2_sim_serial_fw
diff --git a/script/launch_sim.sh b/script/launch_sim.sh
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index 23540eabd3ca53d73254581c44a1dbdeba0ee6a8..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/script/launch_sim.sh
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash 
-
-# create virtual serial port
-socat -d -d pty,raw,echo=0,link=/tmp/darwin_driver pty,raw,echo=0,link=/tmp/usart3_sim_serial_fw &
-
-ln -s /tmp/darwin_user /tmp/usart1_sim_serial_fw
-ln -s /tmp/darwin_spi_fw /tmp/spi2_sim_serial_fw
diff --git a/script/stop_sim.sh b/script/stop_sim.sh
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index cd35c539f5608c762e0998b54fbe3995699cee36..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/script/stop_sim.sh
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-killall socat
-
-rm /tmp/usart1_sim_serial_fw
-rm /tmp/spi2_sim_serial_fw