diff --git a/app/controllers/submissions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/submissions_controller.rb
index be01f550..3aaeb18d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/submissions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/submissions_controller.rb
@@ -315,22 +315,6 @@ class SubmissionsController < ApplicationController
   #   end
   # end
 
-  def with_server_sent_events
-    response.headers['Content-Type'] = 'text/event-stream'
-    server_sent_event = SSE.new(response.stream)
-    server_sent_event.write(nil, event: 'start')
-    yield(server_sent_event) if block_given?
-    server_sent_event.write({code: 200}, event: 'close')
-  rescue StandardError => e
-    Sentry.capture_exception(e)
-    logger.error(e.message)
-    logger.error(e.backtrace.join("\n"))
-    server_sent_event.write({code: 500}, event: 'close')
-  ensure
-    server_sent_event.close
-  end
-  private :with_server_sent_events
-
   def create_remote_evaluation_mapping
     user = @submission.user
     exercise_id = @submission.exercise_id
diff --git a/spec/controllers/submissions_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/submissions_controller_spec.rb
index 61e21c98..a176fdc9 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/submissions_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/submissions_controller_spec.rb
@@ -154,10 +154,6 @@ describe SubmissionsController do
     let(:filename) { submission.collect_files.detect(&:main_file?).name_with_extension }
     let(:perform_request) { get :run, params: {filename: filename, id: submission.id} }
 
-    before do
-      allow_any_instance_of(ActionController::Live::SSE).to receive(:write).at_least(3).times
-    end
-
     context 'when no errors occur during execution' do
       before do
         allow_any_instance_of(DockerClient).to receive(:execute_run_command).with(submission, filename).and_return({})
@@ -229,54 +225,4 @@ describe SubmissionsController do
 
     pending('todo')
   end
-
-  describe '#with_server_sent_events' do
-    let(:response) { ActionDispatch::TestResponse.new }
-
-    before { allow(controller).to receive(:response).and_return(response) }
-
-    context 'when no error occurs' do
-      after { controller.send(:with_server_sent_events) }
-
-      it 'uses server-sent events' do
-        expect(ActionController::Live::SSE).to receive(:new).and_call_original
-      end
-
-      it "writes a 'start' event" do
-        allow_any_instance_of(ActionController::Live::SSE).to receive(:write)
-        expect_any_instance_of(ActionController::Live::SSE).to receive(:write).with(nil, event: 'start')
-      end
-
-      it "writes a 'close' event" do
-        allow_any_instance_of(ActionController::Live::SSE).to receive(:write)
-        expect_any_instance_of(ActionController::Live::SSE).to receive(:write).with({code: 200}, event: 'close')
-      end
-
-      it 'closes the stream' do
-        expect_any_instance_of(ActionController::Live::SSE).to receive(:close).and_call_original
-      end
-    end
-
-    context 'when an error occurs' do
-      after { controller.send(:with_server_sent_events) { raise } }
-
-      it 'uses server-sent events' do
-        expect(ActionController::Live::SSE).to receive(:new).and_call_original
-      end
-
-      it "writes a 'start' event" do
-        allow_any_instance_of(ActionController::Live::SSE).to receive(:write)
-        expect_any_instance_of(ActionController::Live::SSE).to receive(:write).with(nil, event: 'start')
-      end
-
-      it "writes a 'close' event" do
-        allow_any_instance_of(ActionController::Live::SSE).to receive(:write)
-        expect_any_instance_of(ActionController::Live::SSE).to receive(:write).with({code: 500}, event: 'close')
-      end
-
-      it 'closes the stream' do
-        expect_any_instance_of(ActionController::Live::SSE).to receive(:close).and_call_original
-      end
-    end
-  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/lib/docker_client_spec.rb b/spec/lib/docker_client_spec.rb
index 14b81a9c..5b112416 100644
--- a/spec/lib/docker_client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/docker_client_spec.rb
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ describe DockerClient, docker: true do
     end
 
     it 'provides the command to be executed as input' do
-      pending('we are currently not using any input and for output server send events instead of attach.')
+      pending('we are currently not using attach but rather exec.')
       expect(container).to receive(:attach).with(stdin: kind_of(StringIO))
     end