diff --git a/daemon/core/api/grpc/client.py b/daemon/core/api/grpc/client.py
index c258c91e..29e65daf 100644
--- a/daemon/core/api/grpc/client.py
+++ b/daemon/core/api/grpc/client.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ from core.api.grpc.configservices_pb2 import (
     GetConfigServiceDefaultsRequest,
     GetConfigServicesRequest,
     GetNodeConfigServiceRequest,
-    SetNodeConfigServiceRequest,
 )
 from core.api.grpc.core_pb2 import ExecuteScriptRequest
 from core.api.grpc.emane_pb2 import (
@@ -1130,25 +1129,6 @@ class CoreGrpcClient:
         response = self.stub.GetNodeConfigService(request)
         return dict(response.config)
 
-    def set_node_config_service(
-        self, session_id: int, node_id: int, name: str, config: Dict[str, str]
-    ) -> bool:
-        """
-        Assigns a config service to a node with the provided configuration.
-
-        :param session_id: session node belongs to
-        :param node_id: id of node to assign config service to
-        :param name: name of service
-        :param config: service configuration
-        :return: True for success, False otherwise
-        :raises grpc.RpcError: when session or node doesn't exist
-        """
-        request = SetNodeConfigServiceRequest(
-            session_id=session_id, node_id=node_id, name=name, config=config
-        )
-        response = self.stub.SetNodeConfigService(request)
-        return response.result
-
     def get_emane_event_channel(self, session_id: int) -> wrappers.EmaneEventChannel:
         """
         Retrieves the current emane event channel being used for a session.
diff --git a/daemon/core/api/grpc/server.py b/daemon/core/api/grpc/server.py
index 534c1578..bd6a758e 100644
--- a/daemon/core/api/grpc/server.py
+++ b/daemon/core/api/grpc/server.py
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ from core.api.grpc.configservices_pb2 import (
     GetConfigServicesResponse,
     GetNodeConfigServiceRequest,
     GetNodeConfigServiceResponse,
-    SetNodeConfigServiceRequest,
-    SetNodeConfigServiceResponse,
 )
 from core.api.grpc.core_pb2 import ExecuteScriptResponse
 from core.api.grpc.emane_pb2 import (
@@ -1402,29 +1400,6 @@ class CoreGrpcServer(core_pb2_grpc.CoreApiServicer):
             templates=templates, config=config, modes=modes
         )
 
-    def SetNodeConfigService(
-        self, request: SetNodeConfigServiceRequest, context: ServicerContext
-    ) -> SetNodeConfigServiceResponse:
-        """
-        Set custom config, for a given configuration service, for a given node.
-
-        :param request: set node config service request
-        :param context: grpc context
-        :return: set node config service response
-        """
-        session = self.get_session(request.session_id, context)
-        node = self.get_node(session, request.node_id, context, CoreNode)
-        self.validate_service(request.name, context)
-        service = node.config_services.get(request.name)
-        if service:
-            service.set_config(request.config)
-            return SetNodeConfigServiceResponse(result=True)
-        else:
-            context.abort(
-                grpc.StatusCode.NOT_FOUND,
-                f"node {node.name} missing service {request.name}",
-            )
-
     def GetEmaneEventChannel(
         self, request: GetEmaneEventChannelRequest, context: ServicerContext
     ) -> GetEmaneEventChannelResponse:
diff --git a/daemon/proto/core/api/grpc/configservices.proto b/daemon/proto/core/api/grpc/configservices.proto
index 7a71ab8c..401a9198 100644
--- a/daemon/proto/core/api/grpc/configservices.proto
+++ b/daemon/proto/core/api/grpc/configservices.proto
@@ -66,14 +66,3 @@ message GetNodeConfigServiceRequest {
 message GetNodeConfigServiceResponse {
     map<string, string> config = 1;
 }
-
-message SetNodeConfigServiceRequest {
-    int32 session_id = 1;
-    int32 node_id = 2;
-    string name = 3;
-    map<string, string> config = 4;
-}
-
-message SetNodeConfigServiceResponse {
-    bool result = 1;
-}
diff --git a/daemon/proto/core/api/grpc/core.proto b/daemon/proto/core/api/grpc/core.proto
index 0466a449..c0f735f3 100644
--- a/daemon/proto/core/api/grpc/core.proto
+++ b/daemon/proto/core/api/grpc/core.proto
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ service CoreApi {
     }
     rpc GetNodeConfigService (configservices.GetNodeConfigServiceRequest) returns (configservices.GetNodeConfigServiceResponse) {
     }
-    rpc SetNodeConfigService (configservices.SetNodeConfigServiceRequest) returns (configservices.SetNodeConfigServiceResponse) {
-    }
 
     // wlan rpc
     rpc GetWlanConfig (wlan.GetWlanConfigRequest) returns (wlan.GetWlanConfigResponse) {