diff --git a/op-mode-definitions/webproxy.xml.in b/op-mode-definitions/webproxy.xml.in
index 5ae1577d8..70e3ed608 100644
--- a/op-mode-definitions/webproxy.xml.in
+++ b/op-mode-definitions/webproxy.xml.in
@@ -1,110 +1,91 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <interfaceDefinition>
   <node name="monitor">
     <children>
       <node name="webproxy">
         <properties>
           <help>Monitor WebProxy service</help>
         </properties>
         <command>${vyatta_bindir}/vyatta-monitor Webproxy squid</command>
         <children>
           <node name="access-log">
             <properties>
               <help>Monitor the last lines of the squid access log</help>
             </properties>
             <command>if [ -f /var/log/squid/access.log ]; then sudo tail --follow=name /var/log/squid/access.log; else echo "WebProxy access-log does not exist"; fi</command>
           </node>
-          <node name="background">
-            <properties>
-              <help>Monitor Webproxy in the background</help>
-            </properties>
-            <children>
-              <node name="start">
-                <properties>
-                  <help>Start background monitoring of Webproxy</help>
-                </properties>
-                <command>${vyatta_bindir}/vyatta-monitor-background Webproxy squid</command>
-              </node>
-              <node name="stop">
-                <properties>
-                  <help>Stop background monitoring of Webproxy</help>
-                </properties>
-                <command>${vyatta_bindir}/vyatta-monitor-background-stop Webproxy </command>
-              </node>
-            </children>
-          </node>
           <node name="cache-log">
             <properties>
               <help>Monitor the last lines of the squid cache log</help>
             </properties>
             <command>if [ -f /var/log/squid/cache.log ]; then sudo tail --follow=name /var/log/squid/cache.log; else echo "WebProxy cache-log does not exist"; fi</command>
           </node>
         </children>
       </node>
     </children>
   </node>
   <node name="restart">
     <children>
       <node name="webproxy">
         <properties>
           <help>Restart WebProxy service</help>
         </properties>
         <command>if cli-shell-api existsActive service webproxy; then sudo systemctl restart squid.service; else echo "Service WebProxy not configured"; fi</command>
       </node>
     </children>
   </node>
   <node name="show">
     <children>
       <node name="webproxy">
         <properties>
           <help>Show WebProxy information</help>
         </properties>
         <children>
           <!-- missing blacklist command -->
           <node name="blacklist">
             <properties>
               <help>Show webproxy blacklist information</help>
             </properties>
             <children>
               <node name="categories">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Show webproxy blacklist categories</help>
                 </properties>
                 <command>${vyos_completion_dir}/list_webproxy_category.sh</command>
               </node>
             </children>
           </node>
           <node name="log">
             <properties>
               <help>Show contents of WebProxy access log</help>
             </properties>
             <command>if [ -e /var/log/squid/access.log ]; then sudo less $_vyatta_less_options --prompt="file %i of %m, page %dt of %D" -- `printf "%s\n" /var/log/squid/access.log* | sort -nr`; else echo "No WebProxy log"; fi</command>
           </node>
           <node name="update-log">
             <properties>
               <help>Show update log for url-filter database</help>
             </properties>
             <command>if [ -e /opt/vyatta/etc/config/url-filtering/squidguard/updatestatus ]; then cat /opt/vyatta/etc/config/url-filtering/squidguard/updatestatus; else echo "Update log not found"; fi</command>
           </node>
         </children>
       </node>
     </children>
   </node>
   <node name="update">
     <children>
       <node name="webproxy">
         <properties>
           <help>Update WebProxy</help>
         </properties>
         <children>
           <node name="blacklists">
             <properties>
               <help>Update the webproxy blacklist database</help>
             </properties>
             <command>sudo ${vyos_op_scripts_dir}/webproxy_update_blacklist.sh --update-blacklist</command>
           </node>
         </children>
       </node>
     </children>
   </node>
 </interfaceDefinition>