diff --git a/puppet/zulip_ops/files/nagios4/commands.cfg b/puppet/zulip_ops/files/nagios4/commands.cfg
index b6f395faf0..a2ecc9bf9a 100644
--- a/puppet/zulip_ops/files/nagios4/commands.cfg
+++ b/puppet/zulip_ops/files/nagios4/commands.cfg
@@ -55,11 +55,6 @@ define command{
         command_line    /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_disk -W$ARG1$ -K$ARG2$ -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$ -A -l -X cgroup -X tmpfs -X devtmpfs -X squashfs -X configfs -X tracefs
 }
 
-define command{
-        command_name    check_remote_load
-        command_line    /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_by_ssh -p $ARG1$ -l nagios -t 30 -i /var/lib/nagios/.ssh/id_ed25519 -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -C '/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_load -w $ARG2$ -c $ARG3$'
-}
-
 define command{
         command_name    check_zephyr_mirror_forwarding
         command_line    /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_by_ssh -p $ARG1$ -l nagios -t 30 -i /var/lib/nagios/.ssh/id_ed25519 -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -C '/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/zulip_zephyr_mirror/check_zephyr_mirror'
diff --git a/puppet/zulip_ops/files/nagios4/conf.d/services.cfg b/puppet/zulip_ops/files/nagios4/conf.d/services.cfg
index 8e2219ca60..7584e6afe1 100644
--- a/puppet/zulip_ops/files/nagios4/conf.d/services.cfg
+++ b/puppet/zulip_ops/files/nagios4/conf.d/services.cfg
@@ -58,44 +58,6 @@ define service {
 }
 
 
-### Load
-
-define service {
-        use                             generic-service
-        service_description             Load
-        hostgroup_name                  fullstack, redis, staging_frontends, smokescreen, other
-        check_command                   check_remote_load!22!7.0,6.0,5.0!10.0,8.0,6.0
-        contact_groups                  admins
-}
-
-define service {
-        use                             generic-service
-        service_description             Load
-        hostgroup_name                  postgresql
-        check_command                   check_remote_load!22!9.0,8.0,7.0!11.0,10.0,9.0
-        contact_groups                  admins
-}
-
-define service {
-        use                             generic-service
-        service_description             Load
-        hostgroup_name                  prod_frontends
-        check_command                   check_remote_load!22!15.0,14.0,12.0!18.0,16.0,14.0
-        contact_groups                  admins
-}
-
-define service {
-        use                             generic-service
-        service_description             Load
-        hostgroup_name                  flaky_servers
-        check_command                   check_remote_load!22!5.0,4.0,3.0!10.0,6.0,4.0
-        normal_check_interval           2
-        retry_check_interval            2
-        max_check_attempts              5
-        contact_groups                  admins
-}
-
-
 ### System updates
 
 define service {