diff --git a/bin/cdist-deploy-to b/bin/cdist-deploy-to
index bf5614bc..84181bbd 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-deploy-to
+++ b/bin/cdist-deploy-to
@@ -43,13 +43,6 @@ __cdist_echo info "cdist $__cdist_version: Configuring $__cdist_target_host "
 # See cdist-stages(7)
 #
 
-# Prepare local and remote directories
-__cdist_init_deploy           "$__cdist_target_host"
-
-# Transfer cdist executables
-__cdist_echo info "Transferring cdist binaries to the target host "
-cdist-dir push                "$__cdist_target_host" \
-   "${__cdist_abs_mydir}" "${__cdist_remote_bin_dir}"
 cdist-explorer-run-global     "$__cdist_target_host"
 cdist-manifest-run-init       "$__cdist_target_host"
 cdist-object-all              "$__cdist_target_host" cdist-object-prepare