diff --git a/app/Subscribers/CommandSubscriber.php b/app/Subscribers/CommandSubscriber.php
index 52b267fe..c53cbece 100644
--- a/app/Subscribers/CommandSubscriber.php
+++ b/app/Subscribers/CommandSubscriber.php
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ use CachetHQ\Cachet\Bus\Events\System\SystemWasInstalledEvent;
 use CachetHQ\Cachet\Bus\Events\System\SystemWasResetEvent;
 use CachetHQ\Cachet\Bus\Events\System\SystemWasUpdatedEvent;
 use CachetHQ\Cachet\Settings\Cache;
-use Exception;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Config\Repository;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Events\Dispatcher;
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ class CommandSubscriber
     }
 
     /**
-     * Handle the main bulk of the command, clear the settings and backup the database.
+     * Handle the main bulk of the command, clear the settings.
      *
      * @param \Illuminate\Console\Command $command
      *
@@ -141,27 +140,6 @@ class CommandSubscriber
         $this->cache->clear();
 
         $command->line('Settings cache cleared!');
-
-        // SQLite does not backup.
-        if ($this->config->get('database.default') === 'sqlite') {
-            $command->line('Backup skipped: SQLite is not supported.');
-
-            return;
-        }
-
-        $command->line('Backing up database...');
-
-        try {
-            $command->call('backup:run', [
-                '--only-db'         => true,
-                '--no-interaction'  => true,
-            ]);
-        } catch (Exception $e) {
-            $command->error($e->getMessage());
-            $command->line('Backup skipped!');
-        }
-
-        $command->line('Backup completed!');
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 385903aa..85bba709 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@
         "pragmarx/google2fa": "^0.7.1",
         "predis/predis": "^1.1",
         "roumen/feed": "^2.10",
-        "spatie/laravel-backup": "^5.9",
-        "twig/twig": "^1.26.1"
+        "twig/twig": "^1"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "ext-sqlite3": "*",
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 713fe1d8..ee98fd63 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#composer-lock-the-lock-file",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "6370efbcdaf729667eb595daf9dfff52",
+    "content-hash": "905973a718f0eda0f42d1e0b85dda721",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "alt-three/badger",
@@ -409,16 +409,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "aws/aws-sdk-php",
-            "version": "3.62.9",
+            "version": "3.63.5",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-php.git",
-                "reference": "c4bca5798cad053f3b594434c61320c13f0ebb72"
+                "reference": "e12a6fb9045720fd96bd75e801b23e2877aa1245"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/aws/aws-sdk-php/zipball/c4bca5798cad053f3b594434c61320c13f0ebb72",
-                "reference": "c4bca5798cad053f3b594434c61320c13f0ebb72",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/aws/aws-sdk-php/zipball/e12a6fb9045720fd96bd75e801b23e2877aa1245",
+                "reference": "e12a6fb9045720fd96bd75e801b23e2877aa1245",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@
                 "s3",
                 "sdk"
             ],
-            "time": "2018-07-05T21:14:33+00:00"
+            "time": "2018-07-20T21:01:32+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "bacon/bacon-qr-code",
@@ -2151,16 +2151,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "laravel/framework",
-            "version": "v5.6.26",
+            "version": "v5.6.28",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/laravel/framework.git",
-                "reference": "7047df295e77cecb6a2f84736a732af66cc6789c"
+                "reference": "40ba2ee0e61cb4bc3c9f1dab04908e6acf06b86f"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/framework/zipball/7047df295e77cecb6a2f84736a732af66cc6789c",
-                "reference": "7047df295e77cecb6a2f84736a732af66cc6789c",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/framework/zipball/40ba2ee0e61cb4bc3c9f1dab04908e6acf06b86f",
+                "reference": "40ba2ee0e61cb4bc3c9f1dab04908e6acf06b86f",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -2286,7 +2286,7 @@
                 "framework",
                 "laravel"
             ],
-            "time": "2018-06-20T14:21:11+00:00"
+            "time": "2018-07-17T14:15:36+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "laravel/tinker",
@@ -2974,33 +2974,29 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "paragonie/random_compat",
-            "version": "v2.0.17",
+            "version": "v9.99.99",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/paragonie/random_compat.git",
-                "reference": "29af24f25bab834fcbb38ad2a69fa93b867e070d"
+                "reference": "84b4dfb120c6f9b4ff7b3685f9b8f1aa365a0c95"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/paragonie/random_compat/zipball/29af24f25bab834fcbb38ad2a69fa93b867e070d",
-                "reference": "29af24f25bab834fcbb38ad2a69fa93b867e070d",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/paragonie/random_compat/zipball/84b4dfb120c6f9b4ff7b3685f9b8f1aa365a0c95",
+                "reference": "84b4dfb120c6f9b4ff7b3685f9b8f1aa365a0c95",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
-                "php": ">=5.2.0"
+                "php": "^7"
             },
             "require-dev": {
-                "phpunit/phpunit": "4.*|5.*"
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "4.*|5.*",
+                "vimeo/psalm": "^1"
             },
             "suggest": {
                 "ext-libsodium": "Provides a modern crypto API that can be used to generate random bytes."
             },
             "type": "library",
-            "autoload": {
-                "files": [
-                    "lib/random.php"
-                ]
-            },
             "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
             "license": [
                 "MIT"
@@ -3019,7 +3015,7 @@
                 "pseudorandom",
                 "random"
             ],
-            "time": "2018-07-04T16:31:37+00:00"
+            "time": "2018-07-02T15:55:56+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "php-http/guzzle6-adapter",
@@ -3559,21 +3555,22 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "ramsey/uuid",
-            "version": "3.7.3",
+            "version": "3.8.0",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/ramsey/uuid.git",
-                "reference": "44abcdad877d9a46685a3a4d221e3b2c4b87cb76"
+                "reference": "d09ea80159c1929d75b3f9c60504d613aeb4a1e3"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/ramsey/uuid/zipball/44abcdad877d9a46685a3a4d221e3b2c4b87cb76",
-                "reference": "44abcdad877d9a46685a3a4d221e3b2c4b87cb76",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/ramsey/uuid/zipball/d09ea80159c1929d75b3f9c60504d613aeb4a1e3",
+                "reference": "d09ea80159c1929d75b3f9c60504d613aeb4a1e3",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
-                "paragonie/random_compat": "^1.0|^2.0",
-                "php": "^5.4 || ^7.0"
+                "paragonie/random_compat": "^1.0|^2.0|9.99.99",
+                "php": "^5.4 || ^7.0",
+                "symfony/polyfill-ctype": "^1.8"
             },
             "replace": {
                 "rhumsaa/uuid": "self.version"
@@ -3581,16 +3578,17 @@
             "require-dev": {
                 "codeception/aspect-mock": "^1.0 | ~2.0.0",
                 "doctrine/annotations": "~1.2.0",
-                "goaop/framework": "1.0.0-alpha.2 | ^1.0 | ^2.1",
+                "goaop/framework": "1.0.0-alpha.2 | ^1.0 | ~2.1.0",
                 "ircmaxell/random-lib": "^1.1",
                 "jakub-onderka/php-parallel-lint": "^0.9.0",
                 "mockery/mockery": "^0.9.9",
                 "moontoast/math": "^1.1",
                 "php-mock/php-mock-phpunit": "^0.3|^1.1",
-                "phpunit/phpunit": "^4.7|^5.0",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "^4.7|^5.0|^6.5",
                 "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^2.3"
             },
             "suggest": {
+                "ext-ctype": "Provides support for PHP Ctype functions",
                 "ext-libsodium": "Provides the PECL libsodium extension for use with the SodiumRandomGenerator",
                 "ext-uuid": "Provides the PECL UUID extension for use with the PeclUuidTimeGenerator and PeclUuidRandomGenerator",
                 "ircmaxell/random-lib": "Provides RandomLib for use with the RandomLibAdapter",
@@ -3635,7 +3633,7 @@
                 "identifier",
                 "uuid"
             ],
-            "time": "2018-01-20T00:28:24+00:00"
+            "time": "2018-07-19T23:38:55+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "roumen/feed",
@@ -3748,187 +3746,18 @@
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             "time": "2016-01-31T02:09:25+00:00"
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-        {
-            "name": "spatie/db-dumper",
-            "version": "2.10.0",
-            "source": {
-                "type": "git",
-                "url": "https://github.com/spatie/db-dumper.git",
-                "reference": "ee745fba17bcf77c916f231a571bbde8dae8e001"
-            },
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-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/spatie/db-dumper/zipball/ee745fba17bcf77c916f231a571bbde8dae8e001",
-                "reference": "ee745fba17bcf77c916f231a571bbde8dae8e001",
-                "shasum": ""
-            },
-            "require": {
-                "php": "^7.0",
-                "symfony/process": "^3.0|^4.0"
-            },
-            "require-dev": {
-                "phpunit/phpunit": "^6.0"
-            },
-            "type": "library",
-            "autoload": {
-                "psr-4": {
-                    "Spatie\\DbDumper\\": "src"
-                }
-            },
-            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
-            "license": [
-                "MIT"
-            ],
-            "authors": [
-                {
-                    "name": "Freek Van der Herten",
-                    "email": "freek@spatie.be",
-                    "homepage": "https://spatie.be",
-                    "role": "Developer"
-                }
-            ],
-            "description": "Dump databases",
-            "homepage": "https://github.com/spatie/db-dumper",
-            "keywords": [
-                "database",
-                "db-dumper",
-                "dump",
-                "mysqldump",
-                "spatie"
-            ],
-            "time": "2018-04-27T15:10:51+00:00"
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "spatie/laravel-backup",
-            "version": "5.9.1",
-            "source": {
-                "type": "git",
-                "url": "https://github.com/spatie/laravel-backup.git",
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-            "homepage": "https://github.com/spatie/temporary-directory",
-            "keywords": [
-                "spatie",
-                "temporary-directory"
-            ],
-            "time": "2018-04-12T09:34:43+00:00"
-        },
         {
             "name": "swiftmailer/swiftmailer",
-            "version": "v6.1.1",
+            "version": "v6.1.2",
             "source": {
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                 "url": "https://github.com/swiftmailer/swiftmailer.git",
-                "reference": "aa899fef280b1c1aec8d5d4ac069af7f80c89a23"
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@@ -3974,20 +3803,20 @@
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                 "mailer"
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-            "time": "2018-07-04T11:12:44+00:00"
+            "time": "2018-07-13T07:04:35+00:00"
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-            "version": "v4.1.1",
+            "version": "v4.1.2",
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@@ -4042,11 +3871,11 @@
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             "homepage": "https://symfony.com",
-            "time": "2018-05-31T10:17:53+00:00"
+            "time": "2018-07-16T14:05:40+00:00"
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-            "version": "v3.4.12",
+            "version": "v3.4.13",
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@@ -4099,16 +3928,16 @@
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+            "version": "v4.1.2",
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-            "version": "v4.1.1",
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@@ -4214,11 +4043,11 @@
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-            "time": "2018-04-06T07:35:57+00:00"
+            "time": "2018-07-10T11:02:47+00:00"
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-            "version": "v4.1.1",
+            "version": "v4.1.2",
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@@ -4267,16 +4096,16 @@
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-            "homepage": "http://twig.sensiolabs.org",
+            "homepage": "https://twig.symfony.com",
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+                "phar-io/version": "^2.0",
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+            "time": "2018-07-08T19:23:20+00:00"
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                 "url": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit.git",
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-                "phar-io/version": "^1.0",
+                "phar-io/manifest": "^1.0.2",
+                "phar-io/version": "^2.0",
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+            "version": "3.0.2",
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                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/comparator.git",
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+            "version": "v3.4.13",
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                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/symfony/dom-crawler.git",
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index 37c91a6b..e16e4a7a 100644
--- a/config/app.php
+++ b/config/app.php
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         PragmaRX\Google2FA\Vendor\Laravel\ServiceProvider::class,
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deleted file mode 100644
index c9682b15..00000000
--- a/config/backup.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,196 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/*
- * This file is part of Cachet.
- *
- * (c) Alt Three Services Limited
- *
- * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
- * file that was distributed with this source code.
- */
-
-return [
-
-    'backup' => [
-
-        /*
-         * The name of this application. You can use this name to monitor
-         * the backups.
-         */
-        'name' => config('app.name'),
-
-        'source' => [
-
-            'files' => [
-
-                /*
-                 * The list of directories and files that will be included in the backup.
-                 */
-                'include' => [
-                    base_path(),
-                ],
-
-                /*
-                 * These directories and files will be excluded from the backup.
-                 *
-                 * Directories used by the backup process will automatically be excluded.
-                 */
-                'exclude' => [
-                    base_path('vendor'),
-                    base_path('node_modules'),
-                ],
-
-                /*
-                 * Determines if symlinks should be followed.
-                 */
-                'followLinks' => false,
-            ],
-
-            /*
-             * The names of the connections to the databases that should be backed up
-             * MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite and Mongo databases are supported.
-             */
-            'databases' => [
-                'mysql',
-            ],
-        ],
-
-        /*
-         * The database dump can be gzipped to decrease diskspace usage.
-         */
-        'gzip_database_dump' => false,
-
-        'destination' => [
-
-            /*
-             * The filename prefix used for the backup zip file.
-             */
-            'filename_prefix' => '',
-
-            /*
-             * The disk names on which the backups will be stored.
-             */
-            'disks' => [
-                'database',
-            ],
-        ],
-
-        /*
-         * The directory where the temporary files will be stored.
-         */
-        'temporary_directory' => storage_path('app/backup-temp'),
-    ],
-
-    /*
-     * You can get notified when specific events occur. Out of the box you can use 'mail' and 'slack'.
-     * For Slack you need to install guzzlehttp/guzzle.
-     *
-     * You can also use your own notification classes, just make sure the class is named after one of
-     * the `Spatie\Backup\Events` classes.
-     */
-    'notifications' => [
-
-        'notifications' => [
-            \Spatie\Backup\Notifications\Notifications\BackupHasFailed::class         => ['mail'],
-            \Spatie\Backup\Notifications\Notifications\UnhealthyBackupWasFound::class => ['mail'],
-            \Spatie\Backup\Notifications\Notifications\CleanupHasFailed::class        => ['mail'],
-            \Spatie\Backup\Notifications\Notifications\BackupWasSuccessful::class     => ['mail'],
-            \Spatie\Backup\Notifications\Notifications\HealthyBackupWasFound::class   => ['mail'],
-            \Spatie\Backup\Notifications\Notifications\CleanupWasSuccessful::class    => ['mail'],
-        ],
-
-        /*
-         * Here you can specify the notifiable to which the notifications should be sent. The default
-         * notifiable will use the variables specified in this config file.
-         */
-        'notifiable' => \Spatie\Backup\Notifications\Notifiable::class,
-
-        'mail' => [
-            'to' => 'your@example.com',
-        ],
-
-        'slack' => [
-            'webhook_url' => '',
-
-            /*
-             * If this is set to null the default channel of the webhook will be used.
-             */
-            'channel' => null,
-
-            'username' => null,
-
-            'icon' => null,
-
-        ],
-    ],
-
-    /*
-     * Here you can specify which backups should be monitored.
-     * If a backup does not meet the specified requirements the
-     * UnHealthyBackupWasFound event will be fired.
-     */
-    'monitorBackups' => [
-        [
-            'name'                                   => config('app.name'),
-            'disks'                                  => ['database'],
-            'newestBackupsShouldNotBeOlderThanDays'  => 1,
-            'storageUsedMayNotBeHigherThanMegabytes' => 5000,
-        ],
-
-        /*
-        [
-            'name' => 'name of the second app',
-            'disks' => ['local', 's3'],
-            'newestBackupsShouldNotBeOlderThanDays' => 1,
-            'storageUsedMayNotBeHigherThanMegabytes' => 5000,
-        ],
-        */
-    ],
-
-    'cleanup' => [
-        /*
-         * The strategy that will be used to cleanup old backups. The default strategy
-         * will keep all backups for a certain amount of days. After that period only
-         * a daily backup will be kept. After that period only weekly backups will
-         * be kept and so on.
-         *
-         * No matter how you configure it the default strategy will never
-         * delete the newest backup.
-         */
-        'strategy' => \Spatie\Backup\Tasks\Cleanup\Strategies\DefaultStrategy::class,
-
-        'defaultStrategy' => [
-
-            /*
-             * The number of days for which backups must be kept.
-             */
-            'keepAllBackupsForDays' => 7,
-
-            /*
-             * The number of days for which daily backups must be kept.
-             */
-            'keepDailyBackupsForDays' => 16,
-
-            /*
-             * The number of weeks for which one weekly backup must be kept.
-             */
-            'keepWeeklyBackupsForWeeks' => 8,
-
-            /*
-             * The number of months for which one monthly backup must be kept.
-             */
-            'keepMonthlyBackupsForMonths' => 4,
-
-            /*
-             * The number of years for which one yearly backup must be kept.
-             */
-            'keepYearlyBackupsForYears' => 2,
-
-            /*
-             * After cleaning up the backups remove the oldest backup until
-             * this amount of megabytes has been reached.
-             */
-            'deleteOldestBackupsWhenUsingMoreMegabytesThan' => 5000,
-        ],
-    ],
-];
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-*
-!.gitignore
diff --git a/docs/upgrade/UPGRADE-2.4.md b/docs/upgrade/UPGRADE-2.4.md
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+# Upgrading cachet 2.3 to 2.4
+
+# PHP 7
+Cachet 2.4 is build using the Laravel 5.6 which requires at least PHP 7.1.3 or higher.
+
+# Backups
+In previous versions Cachet would ship with `backup-manager/laravel` to create database backups at certain points when 
+running the software. This is no longer provided by default in 2.4. You are free to implement your custom backup 
+solution when running cachet on your environments. If you do prefer a backup solution close to the pre 2.4 Cachet version: 
+Spatie has created [a backup manager](https://github.com/spatie/laravel-backup) that comes close to the original implementation.