diff --git a/snap/hooks/configure b/snap/hooks/configure
index ce88cc20..ff4f8047 100644
--- a/snap/hooks/configure
+++ b/snap/hooks/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
-listen_port="$(snapctl get novncsvc.listen-port)"
-vnc_host_port="$(snapctl get novncsvc.vnc-host-port)"
-
 snapctl restart novnc.novncsvc
diff --git a/snap/hooks/install b/snap/hooks/install
deleted file mode 100644
index bc71e91e..00000000
--- a/snap/hooks/install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh -e
-
-# Initialise settings to blank default values so that novncsvc won't start unless the user sets these values to something meaningful
-snapctl set novncsvc.listen-port=0
-snapctl set novncsvc.vnc-host-port=''
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 7b2599ed..e21ef6e5 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ parts:
             - python3-numpy
 
 hooks:
-    install:
-        plugs: [network, network-bind]
     configure:
         plugs: [network, network-bind]