diff --git a/examples/scenario/simple-mysql/application-simple-mysql.yml b/examples/scenario/simple-mysql/application-simple-mysql.yml
index 5befe263..ab34a0ca 100644
--- a/examples/scenario/simple-mysql/application-simple-mysql.yml
+++ b/examples/scenario/simple-mysql/application-simple-mysql.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ r2dbc:
       username: user
       password: password
 reconciliation:
-  trigger-on-start:
-    - test-dataset
   datasets:
     test-dataset:
       source:
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/recce/server/config/ReconciliationConfiguration.kt b/src/main/kotlin/recce/server/config/ReconciliationConfiguration.kt
index 1ab54cf7..5ef5183a 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/recce/server/config/ReconciliationConfiguration.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/recce/server/config/ReconciliationConfiguration.kt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package recce.server.config
 import io.micronaut.context.BeanLocator
 import io.micronaut.context.annotation.ConfigurationInject
 import io.micronaut.context.annotation.ConfigurationProperties
-import io.micronaut.core.bind.annotation.Bindable
 import javax.annotation.PostConstruct
 import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull
 
@@ -13,10 +12,7 @@ interface PostConstructable {
 
 @ConfigurationProperties("reconciliation")
 class ReconciliationConfiguration
-@ConfigurationInject constructor(
-    @Bindable(defaultValue = "") val triggerOnStart: List<String> = emptyList(),
-    val datasets: Map<String, DatasetConfiguration>
-) : PostConstructable {
+@ConfigurationInject constructor(val datasets: Map<String, DatasetConfiguration>) : PostConstructable {
 
     @PostConstruct
     override fun populate(locator: BeanLocator) {
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/recce/server/dataset/DatasetRecService.kt b/src/main/kotlin/recce/server/dataset/DatasetRecService.kt
index b1b8356c..f5214af7 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/recce/server/dataset/DatasetRecService.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/recce/server/dataset/DatasetRecService.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package recce.server.dataset
 
-import io.micronaut.scheduling.annotation.Scheduled
 import jakarta.inject.Inject
 import jakarta.inject.Singleton
 import mu.KotlinLogging
@@ -71,10 +70,5 @@ open class DatasetRecService(
     fun runIgnoreFailure(datasetIds: List<String>): Flux<RecRun> = Flux.fromIterable(datasetIds)
         .filter { it.isNotEmpty() }
         .flatMap { runFor(it) }
-        .onErrorContinue { err, it -> logger.warn(err) { "Start-up rec run failed for dataset [$it]." } }
-
-    @Scheduled(initialDelay = "0s", fixedDelay = "1d")
-    open fun scheduledStart() {
-        runIgnoreFailure(config.triggerOnStart).subscribe()
-    }
+        .onErrorContinue { err, it -> logger.warn(err) { "Start-up rec run failed for dataset [$it]." } } // FIXME can hang if all have errors?
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/config/application-test-dataset.yml b/src/test/resources/config/application-test-dataset.yml
index e9ac1ce3..82f09d4d 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/config/application-test-dataset.yml
+++ b/src/test/resources/config/application-test-dataset.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 reconciliation:
-  trigger-on-start: [ ]
   datasets:
     test-dataset:
       source: