diff --git a/deploy/.gitignore b/deploy/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b3596a0d8..0000000000
--- a/deploy/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/id_ed25519
diff --git a/deploy/Dockerfile b/deploy/Dockerfile
index 23b460ebd1..0dab45ae15 100644
--- a/deploy/Dockerfile
+++ b/deploy/Dockerfile
@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
 FROM python:3.11-slim-bookworm
 
-# Setup SSH
-RUN mkdir /root/.ssh
-COPY id_ed25519 /root/.ssh/id_ed25519
-COPY known_hosts /root/.ssh/known_hosts
-RUN chmod -R 0600 /root/.ssh
-
 # Install Git, Git LFS.  How to silence apt-get commands:
 # https://peteris.rocks/blog/quiet-and-unattended-installation-with-apt-get/
 RUN apt-get update -qq
-RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -qq -y git git-lfs < /dev/null > /dev/null
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -qq -y git git-lfs earlyoom < /dev/null > /dev/null
 # Cleanup apt cache
 RUN rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 # Configure git lfs
@@ -17,7 +11,7 @@ RUN git lfs install
 
 # Clone the TLOModel repository and move in it
 ARG BRANCH_NAME="master"
-RUN git clone --branch "${BRANCH_NAME}" git@github.com:UCL/TLOmodel.git /TLOmodel
+RUN git clone --branch "${BRANCH_NAME}" https://github.com/UCL/TLOmodel.git /TLOmodel
 WORKDIR /TLOmodel
 RUN git gc --aggressive
 
diff --git a/deploy/id_ed25519.pub b/deploy/id_ed25519.pub
deleted file mode 100644
index ea4dd49918..0000000000
--- a/deploy/id_ed25519.pub
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIC+bU4n6EHIFRqTI1617bR9A54WLjawxGow+X7Rvb1M6 m.giordano@ucl.ac.uk
diff --git a/deploy/known_hosts b/deploy/known_hosts
deleted file mode 100644
index 251e46fb81..0000000000
--- a/deploy/known_hosts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-|1|xy99Slrj6EqbL6lTgn2bN/SbXYQ=|9KVFj36xwrDr8cZqlwIUQV5rdAg= ssh-rsa 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
diff --git a/src/tlo/cli.py b/src/tlo/cli.py
index c5b0c3f86d..b571b78dc3 100644
--- a/src/tlo/cli.py
+++ b/src/tlo/cli.py
@@ -234,6 +234,25 @@ def batch_submit(ctx, scenario_file, asserts_on, more_memory, keep_pool_alive, i
     task_dir = "${{AZ_BATCH_TASK_DIR}}"
     gzip_pattern_match = "{{txt,log}}"
     command = f"""
+    # Logfile for `earlyoom`
+    EARLYOOM_LOG=/tmp/earlyoom.log
+
+    function terminate_and_log() {{{{
+        # Terminate the `earlyoom` process
+        kill "${{{{EARLYOOM_PID}}}}"
+        # Print line(s) in the log file referencing terminated processes, if any.
+        grep "^sending SIGTERM to process" "${{{{EARLYOOM_LOG}}}}"
+    }}}}
+
+    # Add a trap at exit to terminate `earlyoom` and print relevant log lines.
+    trap terminate_and_log EXIT
+
+    # Delete existing log files, if any.
+    rm -f "${{{{EARLYOOM_LOG}}}}"
+    # Start the `earlyoom` daemon.
+    nohup earlyoom -m 95 -s 100 &> "${{{{EARLYOOM_LOG}}}}" &
+    EARLYOOM_PID="${{{{!}}}}"
+
     git fetch origin {commit.hexsha}
     git checkout {commit.hexsha}
     pip install -r requirements/base.txt