diff --git a/backend/example_scripts/README.md b/backend/example_scripts/README.md
index 6aa1f10..bf91d9b 100644
--- a/backend/example_scripts/README.md
+++ b/backend/example_scripts/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Files in this folder are treated as protected example scripts by the API:
 Protected behavior:
 
 - scripts are synced from this folder into `/srv/fw-scripts` on backend startup
-- scripts in this folder cannot be overwritten, disabled, or deleted via the API
+- scripts in this folder cannot be overwritten, edited, or deleted via the API
 - scripts with a deploy config containing `qnum` are auto-started as systemd services
 
 Example deploy file:
diff --git a/backend/example_scripts/hello_nfqueue.deploy.json b/backend/example_scripts/hello_nfqueue.deploy.json
deleted file mode 100644
index fcf15d9..0000000
--- a/backend/example_scripts/hello_nfqueue.deploy.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "qnum": 1,
-  "enable_at_boot": true
-}
diff --git a/backend/src/api/packet_scripting_api.py b/backend/src/api/packet_scripting_api.py
index 0f1cf41..7f84648 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/packet_scripting_api.py
+++ b/backend/src/api/packet_scripting_api.py
@@ -926,8 +926,6 @@ def enable_script(name: str, req: EnableRequest) -> OperationResult:
     except ValueError as e:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=str(e))
 
-    assert_not_example_script(name, "manually enabled")
-
     script_path = script_path_for(name)
     if not os.path.exists(script_path):
         raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="script not found")
@@ -968,8 +966,6 @@ def disable_script(name: str, qnum: int) -> OperationResult:
         validate_name(name)
     except ValueError as e:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=str(e))
-
-    assert_not_example_script(name, "disabled")
     service_name = make_service_name(name, qnum)
     # attempt stop + remove via systemctl-based remove_unit
     try:
@@ -1102,4 +1098,4 @@ def register_lifecycle(app) -> None:
                     remove_unit(svc)
                 except Exception:
                     logger.exception("Failed to remove unit %s on shutdown", svc)
-        logger.info("Shutdown cleanup complete")
\ No newline at end of file
+        logger.info("Shutdown cleanup complete")