diff --git a/src/developer.js b/src/developer.js
index b974946c2..66ccca3d5 100644
--- a/src/developer.js
+++ b/src/developer.js
@@ -7,19 +7,15 @@ exports = module.exports = {
 
     isEnabled: isEnabled,
     setEnabled: setEnabled,
-    issueDeveloperToken: issueDeveloperToken,
-    getNonApprovedApps: getNonApprovedApps
+    issueDeveloperToken: issueDeveloperToken
 };
 
 var assert = require('assert'),
     clients = require('./clients.js'),
-    config = require('./config.js'),
     constants = require('./constants.js'),
-    debug = require('debug')('box:developer'),
     eventlog = require('./eventlog.js'),
     tokendb = require('./tokendb.js'),
     settings = require('./settings.js'),
-    superagent = require('superagent'),
     util = require('util');
 
 function DeveloperError(reason, errorOrMessage) {
@@ -84,19 +80,3 @@ function issueDeveloperToken(user, auditSource, callback) {
         callback(null, { token: token, expiresAt: new Date(expiresAt).toISOString() });
     });
 }
-
-function getNonApprovedApps(callback) {
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
-
-    var url = config.apiServerOrigin() + '/api/v1/boxes/' + config.fqdn() + '/apps';
-    superagent.get(url).query({ token: config.token(), boxVersion: config.version() }).timeout(30 * 1000).end(function (error, result) {
-        if (error && !error.response) return callback(new DeveloperError(DeveloperError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, error));
-        if (result.statusCode === 401 || result.statusCode === 403) {
-            debug('Failed to list apps in development. Appstore token invalid or missing. Returning empty list.', result.body);
-            return callback(null, []);
-        }
-        if (result.statusCode !== 200) return callback(new DeveloperError(DeveloperError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, util.format('App listing failed. %s %j', result.status, result.body)));
-
-        callback(null, result.body.apps || []);
-    });
-}
diff --git a/src/routes/developer.js b/src/routes/developer.js
index ac4b278a7..16dcca338 100644
--- a/src/routes/developer.js
+++ b/src/routes/developer.js
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     enabled: enabled,
     setEnabled: setEnabled,
     status: status,
-    login: login,
-    apps: apps
+    login: login
 };
 
 var developer = require('../developer.js'),
@@ -52,9 +51,3 @@ function login(req, res, next) {
   })(req, res, next);
 }
 
-function apps(req, res, next) {
-    developer.getNonApprovedApps(function (error, result) {
-        if (error) return next(new HttpError(500, error));
-        next(new HttpSuccess(200, { apps: result }));
-    });
-}
diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index fac1eff57..be2fcb53f 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ function initializeExpressSync() {
     router.post('/api/v1/developer', developerScope, routes.user.requireAdmin, routes.user.verifyPassword, routes.developer.setEnabled);
     router.get ('/api/v1/developer', developerScope, routes.developer.enabled, routes.developer.status);
     router.post('/api/v1/developer/login', routes.developer.enabled, routes.developer.login);
-    router.get ('/api/v1/developer/apps', developerScope, routes.developer.enabled, routes.developer.apps);
 
     // cloudron routes
     router.get ('/api/v1/cloudron/config', cloudronScope, routes.cloudron.getConfig);
diff --git a/webadmin/src/js/client.js b/webadmin/src/js/client.js
index cd7025b7d..e27efd20d 100644
--- a/webadmin/src/js/client.js
+++ b/webadmin/src/js/client.js
@@ -697,13 +697,6 @@ angular.module('Application').service('Client', ['$http', 'md5', 'Notification',
         }).error(defaultErrorHandler(callback));
     };
 
-    Client.prototype.getNonApprovedApps = function (callback) {
-        get('/api/v1/developer/apps').success(function (data, status) {
-            if (status !== 200 || typeof data !== 'object') return callback(new ClientError(status, data));
-            callback(null, data.apps || []);
-        }).error(defaultErrorHandler(callback));
-    };
-
     Client.prototype.getApp = function (appId, callback) {
         var appFound = null;
         this._installedApps.some(function (app) {
diff --git a/webadmin/src/views/appstore.js b/webadmin/src/views/appstore.js
index c8668e5dc..88bf02215 100644
--- a/webadmin/src/views/appstore.js
+++ b/webadmin/src/views/appstore.js
@@ -353,18 +353,6 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('AppStoreController', ['$scope', '$loca
             });
 
             return callback(null, apps);
-
-            // Client.getNonApprovedApps(function (error, result) {
-            //     if (error) return callback(error);
-
-            //     // add testing tag to the manifest for UI and search reasons
-            //     result.forEach(function (app) {
-            //         if (!app.manifest.tags) app.manifest.tags = [];
-            //         app.manifest.tags.push('testing');
-            //     });
-
-            //     callback(null, apps.concat(result));
-            // });
         });
     }