diff --git a/scripts/deploy-explorer-ai-to-vmid5000.sh b/scripts/deploy-explorer-ai-to-vmid5000.sh
index e19bc14..946a18d 100644
--- a/scripts/deploy-explorer-ai-to-vmid5000.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy-explorer-ai-to-vmid5000.sh
@@ -83,6 +83,26 @@ rm -f /tmp/explorer-ai-docs.tar.gz
 mv /usr/local/bin/explorer-config-api.new /usr/local/bin/explorer-config-api
 chmod 0755 /usr/local/bin/explorer-config-api
 
+cat > /etc/systemd/system/explorer-config-api.service <<EOF
+[Unit]
+Description=Explorer Config API (MetaMask networks and token list)
+After=network-online.target docker.service
+Wants=network-online.target docker.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=root
+WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/bin
+Environment=PORT=8081
+Environment=CHAIN_ID=138
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/explorer-config-api
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=5s
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+EOF
+
 cat > /etc/systemd/system/explorer-config-api.service.d/ai.conf <<EOF
 [Service]
 Environment=TOKEN_AGGREGATION_API_BASE=http://127.0.0.1:3001
@@ -125,6 +145,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 pct exec "$VMID" -- python3 - <<'PY'
 from pathlib import Path
+import re
 path = Path('/etc/nginx/sites-available/blockscout')
 text = path.read_text()
 explorer_block = '''    # Explorer backend API (auth, features, AI, explorer-owned v1 helpers)
@@ -146,6 +167,14 @@ escaped_explorer_block = explorer_block.replace('$', '\\$')
 if escaped_explorer_block in text:
     text = text.replace(escaped_explorer_block, explorer_block)
 
+legacy_patterns = [
+    r"\n\s*# Explorer AI endpoints on the explorer backend service \(HTTP\)\n\s*location /api/v1/ai/ \{.*?\n\s*\}\n",
+    r"\n\s*location = /api/v1/features \{.*?\n\s*\}\n",
+    r"\n\s*# Explorer AI endpoints on the explorer backend service\n\s*location /api/v1/ai/ \{.*?\n\s*\}\n",
+]
+for pattern in legacy_patterns:
+    text = re.sub(pattern, "\n", text, flags=re.S)
+
 http_needle = '    # Blockscout API endpoint - MUST come before the redirect location\n'
 legacy_http_needle = '    # API endpoint - MUST come before the redirect location\n'
 if explorer_block not in text: