diff --git a/CommandsText.cs b/CommandsText.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index bcf2c4f..0000000
--- a/CommandsText.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,399 +0,0 @@
-using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
-using NodaTime;
-using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
-using System.Globalization;
-using System.Text;
-using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
-using WorldTime.Data;
-
-namespace WorldTime;
-[Obsolete("Text commands are deprecated and will be removed soon.")]
-internal class CommandsText {
-#if DEBUG
-    public const string CommandPrefix = "tt.";
-#else
-    public const string CommandPrefix = "tz.";
-#endif
-    delegate Task Command(SocketTextChannel channel, SocketGuildUser sender, SocketMessage message);
-
-    private readonly Dictionary<string, Command> _commands;
-    private readonly IServiceProvider _services;
-    private readonly WorldTime _instance;
-
-    private BotDatabaseContext Database => _services.GetRequiredService<BotDatabaseContext>();
-
-    private static readonly Regex _userExplicit;
-    private static readonly Regex _userMention;
-    private static readonly ReadOnlyDictionary<string, string> _tzNameMap;
-
-    private const string ErrInvalidZone = ":x: Not a valid zone name."
-        + " To find your time zone, refer to: <https://kevinnovak.github.io/Time-Zone-Picker/>.";
-    private const string ErrTargetUserNotFound = ":x: Unable to find the target user.";
-    private const string ErrNoUserCache = ":warning: Please try the command again.";
-    private const int MaxSingleLineLength = 750;
-    private const int MaxSingleOutputLength = 900;
-
-    static CommandsText() {
-        _userExplicit = new Regex(@"(.+)#(\d{4})", RegexOptions.Compiled);
-        _userMention = new Regex(@"\!?(\d+)>", RegexOptions.Compiled);
-
-        Dictionary<string, string> tzNameMap = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
-        foreach (var name in DateTimeZoneProviders.Tzdb.Ids) tzNameMap.Add(name, name);
-        _tzNameMap = new(tzNameMap);
-    }
-
-    public CommandsText(WorldTime inst, IServiceProvider services) {
-        _instance = inst;
-        _services = services;
-        _commands = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase) {
-            { "help", CmdHelp },
-            { "list", CmdList },
-            { "set", CmdSet },
-            { "remove", CmdRemove },
-            { "setfor", CmdSetFor },
-            { "removefor", CmdRemoveFor }
-        };
-
-        inst.DiscordClient.MessageReceived += CommandDispatch;
-    }
-
-    private async Task CommandDispatch(SocketMessage message) {
-        if (message.Author.IsBot || message.Author.IsWebhook) return;
-        if (message.Type != MessageType.Default) return;
-        if (message.Channel is not SocketTextChannel channel) return; // not handling DMs
-
-        var msgsplit = message.Content.Split(' ', 2, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
-        if (msgsplit.Length == 0 || msgsplit[0].Length < 4) return;
-        if (msgsplit[0].StartsWith(CommandPrefix, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) {
-            var cmdBase = msgsplit[0][3..];
-            if (_commands.ContainsKey(cmdBase)) {
-                NoiTheCat.TextCommandRemovalWarning.Intercept(message, channel.Guild.Id);
-                Program.Log("Command invoked", $"{channel.Guild.Name}/{message.Author} {message.Content}");
-                try {
-                    await _commands[cmdBase](channel, (SocketGuildUser)message.Author, message).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                } catch (Exception ex) {
-                    Program.Log("Command invoked", ex.ToString());
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private async Task CmdHelp(SocketTextChannel channel, SocketGuildUser sender, SocketMessage message) {
-        using var db = Database;
-        var version = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version!.ToString(3);
-        var guildct = _instance.DiscordClient.Guilds.Count;
-        var uniquetz = db.GetDistinctZoneCount();
-        await channel.SendMessageAsync(embed: new EmbedBuilder() {
-            Color = new Color(0xe0f2f7),
-            Title = "Help & About",
-            Description = $"World Time v{version} - Serving {guildct} communities across {uniquetz} time zones.\n\n"
-                + "This bot is provided for free, without any paywalled 'premium' features. "
-                + "If you've found this bot useful, please consider contributing via the "
-                + "bot author's page on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/noithecat.",
-            Footer = new EmbedFooterBuilder() {
-                IconUrl = _instance.DiscordClient.CurrentUser.GetAvatarUrl(),
-                Text = "World Time"
-            }
-        }.AddField(inline: false, name: "Commands", value:
-            $"`{CommandPrefix}help` - This message.\n" +
-            $"`{CommandPrefix}list` - Displays current times for all recently active known users.\n" +
-            $"`{CommandPrefix}list [user]` - Displays the current time for the given *user*.\n" +
-            $"`{CommandPrefix}set [zone]` - Registers or updates your *zone* with the bot.\n" +
-            $"`{CommandPrefix}remove` - Removes your name from this bot."
-        ).AddField(inline: false, name: "Admin commands", value:
-            $"`{CommandPrefix}setFor [user] [zone]` - Sets the time zone for another user.\n" +
-            $"`{CommandPrefix}removeFor [user]` - Removes another user's information."
-        ).AddField(inline: false, name: "Zones", value:
-            "This bot accepts zone names from the IANA Time Zone Database (a.k.a. Olson Database). " +
-            "A useful tool to determine yours can be found at: https://kevinnovak.github.io/Time-Zone-Picker/"
-        ).Build());
-    }
-
-    private async Task CmdList(SocketTextChannel channel, SocketGuildUser sender, SocketMessage message) {
-        if (!await AreUsersDownloadedAsync(channel.Guild).ConfigureAwait(false)) {
-            await channel.SendMessageAsync(ErrNoUserCache).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        var wspl = message.Content.Split(' ', 2, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
-        if (wspl.Length == 2) {
-            // Has parameter - do specific user lookup
-            var usersearch = ResolveUserParameter(channel.Guild, wspl[1]);
-            if (usersearch == null) {
-                await channel.SendMessageAsync(":x: Cannot find the specified user.").ConfigureAwait(false);
-                return;
-            }
-
-            using var db = Database;
-            var result = db.GetUserZone(usersearch);
-            if (result == null) {
-                bool isself = sender.Id == usersearch.Id;
-                if (isself) await channel.SendMessageAsync(":x: You do not have a time zone. Set it with `tz.set`.").ConfigureAwait(false);
-                else await channel.SendMessageAsync(":x: The given user does not have a time zone set.").ConfigureAwait(false);
-                return;
-            }
-
-            var resulttext = TzPrint(result)[4..] + ": " + FormatName(usersearch);
-            await channel.SendMessageAsync(embed: new EmbedBuilder().WithDescription(resulttext).Build()).ConfigureAwait(false);
-        } else {
-            // Does not have parameter - build full list
-            using var db = Database;
-            var userlist = db.GetGuildZones(channel.Guild.Id);
-            if (userlist.Count == 0) {
-                await channel.SendMessageAsync(":x: Nothing to show. " +
-                    $"To register time zones with the bot, use the `{CommandPrefix}set` command.").ConfigureAwait(false);
-                return;
-            }
-
-            // Order times by popularity to limit how many are shown, group by printed name
-            var sortedlist = new SortedDictionary<string, List<ulong>>();
-            foreach ((string area, List<ulong> users) in userlist.OrderByDescending(o => o.Value.Count).Take(20)) {
-                // Filter further to top 20 distinct timezones, even if they are not displayed in the final result
-                var areaprint = TzPrint(area);
-                if (!sortedlist.ContainsKey(areaprint)) sortedlist.Add(areaprint, new List<ulong>());
-                sortedlist[areaprint].AddRange(users);
-            }
-
-            // Build zone listings with users
-            var outputlines = new List<string>();
-            foreach ((string area, List<ulong> users) in sortedlist) {
-                var buffer = new StringBuilder();
-                buffer.Append(area[4..] + ": ");
-                bool empty = true;
-                foreach (var userid in users) {
-                    var userinstance = channel.Guild.GetUser(userid);
-                    if (userinstance == null) continue;
-                    if (empty) empty = !empty;
-                    else buffer.Append(", ");
-                    var useradd = FormatName(userinstance);
-                    if (buffer.Length + useradd.Length > MaxSingleLineLength) {
-                        buffer.Append("others...");
-                        break;
-                    } else buffer.Append(useradd);
-                }
-                if (!empty) outputlines.Add(buffer.ToString());
-            }
-            
-            // Prepare for output - send buffers out if they become too large
-            outputlines.Sort();
-            var resultout = new StringBuilder();
-            foreach (var line in outputlines) {
-                if (resultout.Length + line.Length > MaxSingleOutputLength) {
-                    await channel.SendMessageAsync(
-                        embed: new EmbedBuilder().WithDescription(resultout.ToString()).Build()).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                    resultout.Clear();
-                }
-                if (resultout.Length > 0) resultout.AppendLine(); // avoids trailing newline by adding to the previous line
-                resultout.Append(line);
-            }
-            if (resultout.Length > 0) {
-                await channel.SendMessageAsync(
-                    embed: new EmbedBuilder().WithDescription(resultout.ToString()).Build()).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private async Task CmdSet(SocketTextChannel channel, SocketGuildUser sender, SocketMessage message) {
-        var wspl = message.Content.Split(' ', 2, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
-        if (wspl.Length == 1) {
-            await channel.SendMessageAsync(":x: Zone parameter is required.").ConfigureAwait(false);
-            return;
-        }
-        var input = ParseTimeZone(wspl[1]);
-        if (input == null) {
-            await channel.SendMessageAsync(ErrInvalidZone).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            return;
-        }
-        using var db = Database;
-        db.UpdateUser(sender, input);
-        await channel.SendMessageAsync($":white_check_mark: Your time zone has been set to **{input}**.").ConfigureAwait(false);
-    }
-
-    private async Task CmdSetFor(SocketTextChannel channel, SocketGuildUser sender, SocketMessage message) {
-        if (!IsUserAdmin(sender)) return;
-
-        // Parameters: command, target, zone
-        var wspl = message.Content.Split(' ', 3, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
-        if (wspl.Length == 1) {
-            await channel.SendMessageAsync(":x: You must specify a user to set the time zone for.").ConfigureAwait(false);
-            return;
-        }
-        if (wspl.Length == 2) {
-            await channel.SendMessageAsync(":x: You must specify a time zone to apply to the user.").ConfigureAwait(false);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        if (!await AreUsersDownloadedAsync(channel.Guild).ConfigureAwait(false)) {
-            await channel.SendMessageAsync(ErrNoUserCache).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            return;
-        }
-        var targetuser = ResolveUserParameter(channel.Guild, wspl[1]);
-        if (targetuser == null) {
-            await channel.SendMessageAsync(ErrTargetUserNotFound).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            return;
-        }
-        var newtz = ParseTimeZone(wspl[2]);
-        if (newtz == null) {
-            await channel.SendMessageAsync(ErrInvalidZone).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        using var db = Database;
-        db.UpdateUser(targetuser, newtz);
-        await channel.SendMessageAsync($":white_check_mark: Time zone for **{targetuser}** set to **{newtz}**.").ConfigureAwait(false);
-    }
-
-    private async Task CmdRemove(SocketTextChannel channel, SocketGuildUser sender, SocketMessage message) {
-        using var db = Database;
-        var success = db.DeleteUser(sender);
-        if (success) await channel.SendMessageAsync(":white_check_mark: Your zone has been removed.").ConfigureAwait(false);
-        else await channel.SendMessageAsync(":x: You don't have a time zone set.");
-    }
-
-    private async Task CmdRemoveFor(SocketTextChannel channel, SocketGuildUser sender, SocketMessage message) {
-        if (!IsUserAdmin(sender)) return;
-
-        // Parameters: command, target
-        var wspl = message.Content.Split(' ', 2, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
-        if (wspl.Length == 1) {
-            await channel.SendMessageAsync(":x: You must specify a user for whom to remove time zone data.").ConfigureAwait(false);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        if (!await AreUsersDownloadedAsync(channel.Guild).ConfigureAwait(false)) {
-            await channel.SendMessageAsync(ErrNoUserCache).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            return;
-        }
-        var targetuser = ResolveUserParameter(channel.Guild, wspl[1]);
-        if (targetuser == null) {
-            await channel.SendMessageAsync(ErrTargetUserNotFound).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        using var db = Database;
-        db.DeleteUser(targetuser);
-        await channel.SendMessageAsync($":white_check_mark: Removed zone information for {targetuser}.");
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Given parameter input, attempts to find the corresponding SocketGuildUser.
-    /// </summary>
-    private static SocketGuildUser? ResolveUserParameter(SocketGuild guild, string input) {
-        // Try interpreting as ID
-        var match = _userMention.Match(input);
-        string idcheckstr = match.Success ? match.Groups[1].Value : input;
-        if (ulong.TryParse(idcheckstr, out var value)) return guild.GetUser(value);
-
-        // Prepare if input looks like Username#Discriminator
-        var @explicit = _userExplicit.Match(input);
-
-        foreach (var user in guild.Users) {
-            // Explicit match search
-            if (@explicit.Success) {
-                var username = @explicit.Groups[1].Value;
-                var discriminator = @explicit.Groups[2].Value;
-                if (string.Equals(user.Username, username, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) && user.Discriminator == discriminator)
-                    return user;
-            }
-
-            // Nickname search
-            if (user.Nickname != null && string.Equals(user.Nickname, input, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) return user;
-
-            // Username search
-            if (string.Equals(user.Username, input, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) return user;
-        }
-
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    #region Helper methods
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Returns a string displaying the current time in the given time zone.
-    /// The result begins with four numbers for sorting purposes. Must be trimmed before output.
-    /// </summary>
-    private static string TzPrint(string zone) {
-        var tzdb = DateTimeZoneProviders.Tzdb;
-        DateTimeZone tz = tzdb.GetZoneOrNull(zone)!;
-        if (tz == null) throw new Exception("Encountered unknown time zone: " + zone);
-
-        var now = SystemClock.Instance.GetCurrentInstant().InZone(tz);
-        var sortpfx = now.ToString("MMdd", DateTimeFormatInfo.InvariantInfo);
-        var fullstr = now.ToString("dd'-'MMM' 'HH':'mm' 'x' (UTC'o<g>')'", DateTimeFormatInfo.InvariantInfo);
-        return $"{sortpfx}● `{fullstr}`";
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Checks given time zone input. Returns a valid string for use with NodaTime, or null.
-    /// </summary>
-    private static string? ParseTimeZone(string tzinput) {
-        if (tzinput.Equals("Asia/Calcutta", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) tzinput = "Asia/Kolkata";
-        if (_tzNameMap.TryGetValue(tzinput, out var name)) return name;
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Formats a user's name to a consistent, readable format which makes use of their nickname.
-    /// </summary>
-    private static string FormatName(SocketGuildUser user) {
-        static string escapeFormattingCharacters(string input) {
-            var result = new StringBuilder();
-            foreach (var c in input) {
-                if (c is '\\' or '_' or '~' or '*' or '@') {
-                    result.Append('\\');
-                }
-                result.Append(c);
-            }
-            return result.ToString();
-        }
-
-        var username = escapeFormattingCharacters(user.Username);
-        if (user.Nickname != null) {
-            return $"**{escapeFormattingCharacters(user.Nickname)}** ({username}#{user.Discriminator})";
-        }
-        return $"**{username}**#{user.Discriminator}";
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Checks if the given user can be considered a guild admin ('Manage Server' is set).
-    /// </summary>
-    private static bool IsUserAdmin(SocketGuildUser user)
-        => user.GuildPermissions.Administrator || user.GuildPermissions.ManageGuild;
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Checks if the member cache for the specified guild needs to be filled, and sends a request if needed.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <remarks>
-    /// Due to a quirk in Discord.Net, the user cache cannot be filled until the command handler is no longer executing,
-    /// regardless of if the request runs on its own thread.
-    /// </remarks>
-    /// <returns>
-    /// True if the guild's members are already downloaded. If false, the command handler must notify the user.
-    /// </returns>
-    private static async Task<bool> AreUsersDownloadedAsync(SocketGuild guild) {
-        if (HasMostMembersDownloaded(guild)) return true;
-        else {
-            // Event handler hangs if awaited normally or used with Task.Run
-            await Task.Factory.StartNew(guild.DownloadUsersAsync).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// An alternative to <see cref="SocketGuild.HasAllMembers"/>.
-    /// Returns true if *most* members have been downloaded.
-    /// Used as a workaround check due to Discord.Net occasionally unable to actually download all members.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <remarks>Copied directly from BirthdayBot. Try to coordinate changes between projects...</remarks>
-    private static bool HasMostMembersDownloaded(SocketGuild guild) {
-        if (guild.HasAllMembers) return true;
-        if (guild.MemberCount > 30) {
-            // For guilds of size over 30, require 85% or more of the members to be known
-            // (26/30, 42/50, 255/300, etc)
-            return guild.DownloadedMemberCount >= (int)(guild.MemberCount * 0.85);
-        } else {
-            // For smaller guilds, fail if two or more members are missing
-            return guild.MemberCount - guild.DownloadedMemberCount <= 2;
-        }
-    }
-    #endregion
-}
diff --git a/TextCommandRemovalWarning.cs b/TextCommandRemovalWarning.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index db5ca06..0000000
--- a/TextCommandRemovalWarning.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-namespace NoiTheCat;
-static class TextCommandRemovalWarning {
-    public const string StopUsingTextCommands = ":warning: **Reminder**: Text-based commands will be phased out by the end of August. " +
-        "Please switch to using slash commands. For details on their usage, use this bot's `/help` command.";
-    private static readonly RateLimit<ulong> _warnedList = new(8 * 60 * 60); // 8 hours
-
-    public static void Intercept(SocketMessage msg, ulong gid) {
-        lock (_warnedList) {
-            if (!_warnedList.IsPermitted(gid)) return;
-            try {
-                msg.Channel.SendMessageAsync(StopUsingTextCommands).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                _warnedList.Reset(gid);
-                Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    private class RateLimit<T> where T : notnull {
-        private const int DefaultTimeout = 20;
-        public int Timeout { get; }
-        private Dictionary<T, DateTime> Entries { get; } = new Dictionary<T, DateTime>();
-        public RateLimit() : this(DefaultTimeout) { }
-        public RateLimit(int timeout) {
-            if (timeout < 0) throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(timeout), "Timeout valie cannot be negative.");
-            Timeout = timeout;
-        }
-        public bool IsPermitted(T value) {
-            if (Timeout == 0) return true;
-            var now = DateTime.Now;
-            var expired = Entries.Where(x => x.Value.AddSeconds(Timeout) <= now).Select(x => x.Key).ToList();
-            foreach (var item in expired) Entries.Remove(item);
-            if (Entries.ContainsKey(value)) return false;
-            else {
-                Entries.Add(value, DateTime.Now);
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-        public bool Reset(T value) => Entries.Remove(value);
-    }
-
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/WorldTime.cs b/WorldTime.cs
index 289e589..d8f7ab1 100644
--- a/WorldTime.cs
+++ b/WorldTime.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ internal class WorldTime : IDisposable {
 
     private readonly Task _statusTask;
     private readonly CancellationTokenSource _mainCancel;
-    private readonly CommandsText _commandsTxt;
     private readonly IServiceProvider _services;
 
     internal Configuration Config { get; }
@@ -60,8 +59,6 @@ internal class WorldTime : IDisposable {
         DiscordClient.InteractionCreated += DiscordClient_InteractionCreated;
         iasrv.SlashCommandExecuted += InteractionService_SlashCommandExecuted;
 
-        _commandsTxt = new CommandsText(this, _services);
-
         // Start status reporting thread
         _mainCancel = new CancellationTokenSource();
         _statusTask = Task.Factory.StartNew(StatusLoop, _mainCancel.Token,
@@ -160,9 +157,6 @@ internal class WorldTime : IDisposable {
     }
 
     private async Task DiscordClient_ShardReady(DiscordSocketClient arg) {
-        // TODO get rid of this eventually? or change it to something fun...
-        await arg.SetGameAsync("/help");
-
 #if !DEBUG
         // Update slash/interaction commands
         if (arg.ShardId == 0) {