diff --git a/deploy/lxc151-hookshot.sh b/deploy/lxc151-hookshot.sh
index 0c8c5fa..2f392a2 100644
--- a/deploy/lxc151-hookshot.sh
+++ b/deploy/lxc151-hookshot.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Auto-deploy script for LXC 151 (matrix homeserver)
-# Handles: hookshot transformation functions, livekit service file (graceful)
+# Handles: hookshot transformation functions, livekit service file (graceful), matrixbot
 # Triggered by: Gitea webhook on push to main
 set -euo pipefail
 
@@ -45,6 +45,25 @@ else
         touch /run/livekit-restart-pending
         echo "Restart pending — will apply when no active calls."
     fi
+
+    # Matrixbot source files
+    if echo "$CHANGED" | grep -q '^matrixbot/'; then
+        echo "Deploying matrixbot changes..."
+        BOT_DIR="/opt/matrixbot"
+        BOT_FILES="bot.py callbacks.py commands.py config.py utils.py welcome.py wordle.py wordlist_answers.py wordlist_valid.py requirements.txt"
+        for f in $BOT_FILES; do
+            if [ -f "$REPO_DIR/matrixbot/$f" ]; then
+                cp "$REPO_DIR/matrixbot/$f" "$BOT_DIR/$f"
+            fi
+        done
+        systemctl restart matrixbot
+        sleep 2
+        if systemctl is-active --quiet matrixbot; then
+            echo "matrixbot restarted successfully."
+        else
+            echo "ERROR: matrixbot failed to restart."
+        fi
+    fi
 fi
 
 echo "=== $(date) === LXC151 deploy complete ==="
diff --git a/matrixbot/deploy.sh b/matrixbot/deploy.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 86b10cf..0000000
--- a/matrixbot/deploy.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Deploy script for matrixbot on LXC 151
-# Run as root on LXC 151: bash /opt/matrixbot/deploy.sh
-set -e
-
-REPO_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
-BOT_DIR="/opt/matrixbot"
-SERVICE="matrixbot"
-
-echo "[deploy] Pulling latest from git..."
-cd "$REPO_DIR"
-git pull
-
-echo "[deploy] Syncing source files to $BOT_DIR..."
-FILES="bot.py callbacks.py commands.py config.py utils.py welcome.py wordle.py wordlist_answers.py wordlist_valid.py requirements.txt"
-for f in $FILES; do
-  cp "$REPO_DIR/$f" "$BOT_DIR/$f"
-done
-
-echo "[deploy] Restarting $SERVICE..."
-systemctl restart "$SERVICE"
-sleep 2
-systemctl is-active "$SERVICE" && echo "[deploy] Done — $SERVICE is running." || echo "[deploy] ERROR — $SERVICE failed to start."