diff --git a/src/custom.js b/src/custom.js
index 5babaf0ac..a6746cc47 100644
--- a/src/custom.js
+++ b/src/custom.js
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ exports = module.exports = {
 };
 
 const DEFAULT_SPEC = {
-    alerts: {
-        email: '',
-        notifyCloudronAdmins: true
-    },
     footer: {
         body: '&copy; 2020 [Cloudron](https://cloudron.io) [Forum <i class="fa fa-comments"></i>](https://forum.cloudron.io)'
     }
diff --git a/src/notifications.js b/src/notifications.js
index 5d768e0ea..b143ee641 100644
--- a/src/notifications.js
+++ b/src/notifications.js
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ let assert = require('assert'),
     auditSource = require('./auditsource.js'),
     BoxError = require('./boxerror.js'),
     changelog = require('./changelog.js'),
-    custom = require('./custom.js'),
     debug = require('debug')('box:notifications'),
     eventlog = require('./eventlog.js'),
     mailer = require('./mailer.js'),
@@ -167,9 +166,6 @@ function oomEvent(eventId, app, addon, containerId, event, callback) {
         message = 'The container has been restarted automatically. Consider increasing the [memory limit](https://docs.docker.com/v17.09/edge/engine/reference/commandline/update/#update-a-containers-kernel-memory-constraints)';
     }
 
-    if (custom.spec().alerts.email) mailer.oomEvent(custom.spec().alerts.email, program, event);
-    if (!custom.spec().alerts.notifyCloudronAdmins) return callback();
-
     actionForAllAdmins([], function (admin, done) {
         mailer.oomEvent(admin.email, program, event);
 
@@ -182,9 +178,6 @@ function appUp(eventId, app, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof app, 'object');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
-    if (custom.spec().alerts.email) mailer.appUp(custom.spec().alerts.email, app);
-    if (!custom.spec().alerts.notifyCloudronAdmins) return callback();
-
     actionForAllAdmins([], function (admin, done) {
         mailer.appUp(admin.email, app);
         add(admin.id, eventId, `App ${app.fqdn} is back online`, `The application ${app.manifest.title} installed at ${app.fqdn} is back online.`, done);
@@ -196,9 +189,6 @@ function appDied(eventId, app, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof app, 'object');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
-    if (custom.spec().alerts.email) mailer.appDied(custom.spec().alerts.email, app);
-    if (!custom.spec().alerts.notifyCloudronAdmins) return callback();
-
     actionForAllAdmins([], function (admin, callback) {
         mailer.appDied(admin.email, app);
         add(admin.id, eventId, `App ${app.fqdn} is down`, `The application ${app.manifest.title} installed at ${app.fqdn} is not responding.`, callback);
@@ -246,9 +236,6 @@ function boxUpdateError(eventId, errorMessage, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof errorMessage, 'string');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
-    if (custom.spec().alerts.email) mailer.boxUpdateError(custom.spec().alerts.email, errorMessage);
-    if (!custom.spec().alerts.notifyCloudronAdmins) return callback();
-
     actionForAllAdmins([], function (admin, done) {
         mailer.boxUpdateError(admin.email, errorMessage);
         add(admin.id, eventId, 'Cloudron update failed', `Failed to update Cloudron: ${errorMessage}. Update will be retried in 4 hours`, done);
@@ -261,9 +248,6 @@ function certificateRenewalError(eventId, vhost, errorMessage, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof errorMessage, 'string');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
-    if (custom.spec().alerts.email) mailer.certificateRenewalError(custom.spec().alerts.email, vhost, errorMessage);
-    if (!custom.spec().alerts.notifyCloudronAdmins) return callback();
-
     actionForAllAdmins([], function (admin, callback) {
         mailer.certificateRenewalError(admin.email, vhost, errorMessage);
         add(admin.id, eventId, `Certificate renewal of ${vhost} failed`, `Failed to new certs of ${vhost}: ${errorMessage}. Renewal will be retried in 12 hours`, callback);
@@ -276,9 +260,6 @@ function backupFailed(eventId, taskId, errorMessage, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof errorMessage, 'string');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
-    if (custom.spec().alerts.email) mailer.backupFailed(custom.spec().alerts.email, errorMessage, `${settings.adminOrigin()}/logs.html?taskId=${taskId}`);
-    if (!custom.spec().alerts.notifyCloudronAdmins) return callback();
-
     actionForAllAdmins([], function (admin, callback) {
         mailer.backupFailed(admin.email, errorMessage, `${settings.adminOrigin()}/logs.html?taskId=${taskId}`);
         add(admin.id, eventId, 'Backup failed', `Backup failed: ${errorMessage}. Logs are available [here](/logs.html?taskId=${taskId}). Will be retried in 4 hours`, callback);