diff --git a/api/src/cli/commands/start.ts b/api/src/cli/commands/start.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index be9ca7ba75..0000000000
--- a/api/src/cli/commands/start.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-export default async function start() {
-	const startServer = require('../../start').default;
-	await startServer();
-}
diff --git a/api/src/cli/index.ts b/api/src/cli/index.ts
index 67c6b38fa1..a501ac1f58 100644
--- a/api/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import program from 'commander';
 
 const pkg = require('../../package.json');
 
-import start from './commands/start';
+import start from '../start';
 import init from './commands/init';
 import dbInstall from './commands/database/install';
 import dbMigrate from './commands/database/migrate';