diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 07e1764..a30699a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -108,6 +108,3 @@ Useful commands:
   need to be frequent, but otherwise, the database is going to bloat eventually)
 - ``reencrypt_fields``: Run after you changed your ``SERVALA_SECRET_KEY`` or ``SERVALA_SALT_KEY`` in order to use the
   new keys, and be able to retire the previous ones.
-- ``make_staff_user``: Mark one or multiple users as staff users. Use ``--substring`` flag to e.g. match
-  entire email domains.
-- ``make_superuser``: Mark one given user (by email address) as superuser.
diff --git a/src/servala/core/management/commands/make_staff_user.py b/src/servala/core/management/commands/make_staff_user.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a8b76a2..0000000
--- a/src/servala/core/management/commands/make_staff_user.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
-from django.db.models import Q
-
-from servala.core.models import User
-
-
-class Command(BaseCommand):
-    help = "Make user(s) into staff users"
-
-    def add_arguments(self, parser):
-        parser.add_argument(
-            "emails",
-            nargs="*",
-            type=str,
-            help="Email addresses of users to make staff",
-        )
-        parser.add_argument(
-            "--substring",
-            action="store_true",
-            help="Match emails by substring instead of exact match, allowing you to e.g. make all users on your home domain staff users.",
-        )
-
-    def handle(self, *args, **options):
-        emails = options["emails"]
-        substring_match = options["substring"]
-
-        if not emails:
-            self.stdout.write(self.style.ERROR("No email addresses provided"))
-            return
-
-        query = None
-        if substring_match:
-            for email in emails:
-                if query is None:
-                    query = Q(email__icontains=email)
-                else:
-                    query |= Q(email__icontains=email)
-        else:
-            query = Q(email__in=emails)
-
-        users = User.objects.filter(query)
-        already_staff = users.filter(is_staff=True).count()
-
-        if already_staff:
-            self.stdout.write(
-                self.style.WARNING(
-                    f"{already_staff} matching users were already staff users."
-                )
-            )
-
-        users = users.filter(is_staff=False)
-        if not users.exists():
-            self.stdout.write(self.style.ERROR("No matching non-staff users found."))
-            return
-
-        count = users.count()
-        users.update(is_staff=True)
-        self.stdout.write(self.style.SUCCESS(f"Made {count} user(s) into staff users"))
diff --git a/src/servala/core/management/commands/make_superuser.py b/src/servala/core/management/commands/make_superuser.py
deleted file mode 100644
index fe43ec8..0000000
--- a/src/servala/core/management/commands/make_superuser.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
-
-from servala.core.models import User
-
-
-class Command(BaseCommand):
-    help = "Turn a user into a superuser. Use with caution."
-
-    def add_arguments(self, parser):
-        parser.add_argument(
-            "email",
-            type=str,
-            help="Email address of user to grant superuser permissions",
-        )
-
-    def handle(self, *args, **options):
-        email = options["email"]
-
-        user = User.objects.filter(email__iexact=email).first()
-        if not user:
-            self.stdout.write(self.style.ERROR("No matching user found."))
-            return
-
-        user.is_superuser = True
-        user.save()
-        self.stdout.write(self.style.SUCCESS(f"{user} is now a superuser."))