diff --git a/src/backend/cron.py b/src/backend/cron.py
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index 8eae9f213e1dbecbeb5e933f27bbba663242a77d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/backend/cron.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-import re
-from subprocess import PIPE, Popen
-
-from task.redis_client import RedisClient
-
-###   Methods to restart EuDML process crawl ###
-
-
-def reset_progression_eudml():
-    """
-
-    @return:
-    """
-    client = RedisClient()
-    r = client.get_connection()
-    # reset count eudml scrap process
-    client.exec_cmd(r.set, "start_crawl", 0)
-    client.exec_cmd(r.set, "failures_collection", 0)
-    client.exec_cmd(r.set, "progress", 0)
-    print("redis cmd executed")
-    print(client.exec_cmd(r.get, "progress"))
-
-    with Popen('ps -ef | grep "python3"', shell=True, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE) as process:
-        stdout, stderr = process.communicate()
-        print("process check")
-        print(stdout)
-        reg_crawl_process = re.compile("crawl -eudml")
-        # get_process_eudml = False
-
-        for line in stdout.splitlines():
-            print(line)
-            if reg_crawl_process.search(str(line)):
-                print("doing process")
-                args = line.decode()
-                args = args.split(" ")
-                pid = args[3]
-                print(pid)
-                Popen("kill -9 " + pid, shell=True, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
-    with Popen("supervisorctl stop crawl", shell=True, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE) as process:
-        stdout, stderr = process.communicate()
-        print("stop crawl EUDML process")
-        print(stdout)
-        print(stderr)
-
-    with Popen(
-        "supervisorctl stop restart_crawl", shell=True, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE
-    ) as process:
-        stdout, stderr = process.communicate()
-        print("stop (re)start crawl EUDML process")
-        print(stdout)
-        print(stderr)
-
-    return True
-
-
-def start_crawl_eudml():
-    """
-    @param username:
-    @param pid:
-    @return:
-    """
-    # client = RedisClient()
-    # r = client.get_connection()
-    reset_crawl = reset_progression_eudml()
-
-    # reset count eudml scrap process
-    if reset_crawl:
-        """
-            Start Eudml crawl process
-        """
-        with Popen("supervisorctl start crawl", shell=True, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE) as process:
-            stdout, stderr = process.communicate()
-            print("restart EUDML crawl process")
-            print(stdout)
-            print(stderr)
-
-        return "ok"
-
-
-def restart_crawl_eudml(username):
-    """
-
-    @param username:
-    @param pid:
-    @return:
-    """
-
-    # client = RedisClient()
-    # r = client.get_connection()
-    reset_crawl = reset_progression_eudml()
-
-    # reset count eudml scrap process
-    if reset_crawl:
-        """
-            Start Eudml crawl process
-        """
-        with Popen(
-            "supervisorctl start restart_crawl", shell=True, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE
-        ) as process:
-            stdout, stderr = process.communicate()
-            print("restart EUDML crawl process")
-            print(stdout)
-            print(stderr)
-
-        return "ok"
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    start_crawl_eudml("mathdoc-2", "AFRNUC")