diff --git a/python/bin/pmtiles-serve b/python/bin/pmtiles-serve
index 24c2da3..c9c1409 100755
--- a/python/bin/pmtiles-serve
+++ b/python/bin/pmtiles-serve
@@ -1,71 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-import argparse
-import http.server
-import json
-import re
-from socketserver import ThreadingMixIn
-import sys
-from pmtiles.reader import Reader, MmapSource
-
-
-# https://docs.python.org/3/library/http.server.html
-class ThreadingSimpleServer(ThreadingMixIn, http.server.HTTPServer):
-    pass
-
-
-parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="HTTP server for PMTiles archives.")
-parser.add_argument("pmtiles_file", help="PMTiles archive to serve")
-parser.add_argument("port", help="Port to bind to")
-parser.add_argument("--bind", help="Address to bind server to: default localhost")
-parser.add_argument(
-    "--cors-allow-all",
-    help="Return Access-Control-Allow-Origin:* header",
-    action="store_true",
-)
-args = parser.parse_args()
-
-with open(args.pmtiles_file, "r+b") as f:
-    source = MmapSource(f)
-    reader = Reader(source)
-
-    fmt = reader.header().metadata["format"]
-
-    class Handler(http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
-        def do_GET(self):
-            if self.path == "/metadata":
-                self.send_response(200)
-                if args.cors_allow_all:
-                    self.send_header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
-                self.end_headers()
-                self.wfile.write(json.dumps(reader.header().metadata).encode("utf-8"))
-                return
-            match = re.match("/(\d+)/(\d+)/(\d+)." + fmt, self.path)
-            if not match:
-                self.send_response(400)
-                self.end_headers()
-                self.wfile.write("bad request".encode("utf-8"))
-                return
-            z = int(match.group(1))
-            x = int(match.group(2))
-            y = int(match.group(3))
-            data = reader.get(z, x, y)
-            if not data:
-                self.send_response(404)
-                self.end_headers()
-                self.wfile.write("tile not found".encode("utf-8"))
-                return
-            self.send_response(200)
-            if args.cors_allow_all:
-                self.send_header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
-            if fmt == "pbf":
-                self.send_header("Content-Type", "application/x-protobuf")
-            else:
-                self.send_header("Content-Type", "image/" + fmt)
-            self.end_headers()
-            self.wfile.write(data)
-
-    bind = args.bind or "localhost"
-    print(f"serving {bind}:{args.port}/{{z}}/{{x}}/{{y}}.{fmt}, for development only")
-    httpd = ThreadingSimpleServer((args.bind or "", int(args.port)), Handler)
-    httpd.serve_forever()
+print('This command has been deprecated; see the "pmtiles serve" command at https://github.com/protomaps/go-pmtiles')