diff --git a/backend/api/Services/IsarService.cs b/backend/api/Services/IsarService.cs
index f7926dee..662aad9c 100644
--- a/backend/api/Services/IsarService.cs
+++ b/backend/api/Services/IsarService.cs
@@ -43,11 +43,7 @@ public async Task<IsarMission> StartMission(Robot robot, MissionRun missionRun)
 
             var isarMissionDefinition = new
             {
-                mission_definition = new IsarMissionDefinition(
-                    missionRun,
-                    mapName: mapName,
-                    includeStartPose: true
-                ),
+                mission_definition = new IsarMissionDefinition(missionRun, mapName: mapName),
             };
 
             HttpResponseMessage? response;
diff --git a/backend/api/Services/Models/IsarMissionDefinition.cs b/backend/api/Services/Models/IsarMissionDefinition.cs
index ba012652..4afa6477 100644
--- a/backend/api/Services/Models/IsarMissionDefinition.cs
+++ b/backend/api/Services/Models/IsarMissionDefinition.cs
@@ -17,32 +17,18 @@ public struct IsarMissionDefinition
         [JsonPropertyName("tasks")]
         public List<IsarTaskDefinition> Tasks { get; set; }
 
-        [JsonPropertyName("start_pose")]
-        public IsarPose? StartPose { get; set; } = null;
-
         public IsarMissionDefinition(List<IsarTaskDefinition> tasks)
         {
             Name = null;
             Tasks = tasks;
         }
 
-        public IsarMissionDefinition(
-            MissionRun missionRun,
-            bool includeStartPose = false,
-            string? mapName = null
-        )
+        public IsarMissionDefinition(MissionRun missionRun, string? mapName = null)
         {
             Name = missionRun.Name;
             Tasks = missionRun
                 .Tasks.Select(task => new IsarTaskDefinition(task, missionRun, mapName))
                 .ToList();
-            if (missionRun.InspectionArea != null)
-            {
-                StartPose =
-                    includeStartPose && missionRun.InspectionArea.DefaultLocalizationPose != null
-                        ? new IsarPose(missionRun.InspectionArea.DefaultLocalizationPose.Pose)
-                        : null;
-            }
         }
     }