diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 99a44158f..c67a19737 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 node_modules/
 coverage/
 webadmin/dist/
-setup/splash/website/
 installer/src/certs/server.key
 
 # vim swap files
diff --git a/setup/splashpage.sh b/setup/splashpage.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 88d17d947..000000000
--- a/setup/splashpage.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -eu -o pipefail
-
-readonly SETUP_WEBSITE_DIR="/home/yellowtent/setup/website"
-
-script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
-readonly box_src_dir="$(realpath ${script_dir}/..)"
-readonly PLATFORM_DATA_DIR="/home/yellowtent/platformdata"
-
-echo "Setting up nginx update page"
-
-if [[ ! -f "${PLATFORM_DATA_DIR}/nginx/applications/admin.conf" ]]; then
-    echo "No admin.conf found. This Cloudron has no domain yet. Skip splash setup"
-    exit
-fi
-
-source "${script_dir}/argparser.sh" "$@" # this injects the arg_* variables used below
-
-# keep this is sync with config.js appFqdn()
-admin_origin="https://${arg_admin_fqdn}"
-
-# copy the website
-rm -rf "${SETUP_WEBSITE_DIR}" && mkdir -p "${SETUP_WEBSITE_DIR}"
-cp -r "${script_dir}/splash/website/"* "${SETUP_WEBSITE_DIR}"
-
-# create nginx config
-readonly current_infra=$(node -e "console.log(require('${script_dir}/../src/infra_version.js').version);")
-existing_infra="none"
-[[ -f "${PLATFORM_DATA_DIR}/INFRA_VERSION" ]] && existing_infra=$(node -e "console.log(JSON.parse(require('fs').readFileSync('${PLATFORM_DATA_DIR}/INFRA_VERSION', 'utf8')).version);")
-if [[ "${arg_retire_reason}" != "" || "${existing_infra}" != "${current_infra}" ]]; then
-    echo "Showing progress bar on all subdomains in retired mode or infra update. retire: ${arg_retire_reason} existing: ${existing_infra} current: ${current_infra}"
-    rm -f ${PLATFORM_DATA_DIR}/nginx/applications/*
-    ${box_src_dir}/node_modules/.bin/ejs-cli -f "${script_dir}/start/nginx/appconfig.ejs" \
-        -O "{ \"vhost\": \"~^(.+)\$\", \"adminOrigin\": \"${admin_origin}\", \"endpoint\": \"splash\", \"sourceDir\": \"${SETUP_WEBSITE_DIR}\", \"certFilePath\": \"cert/host.cert\", \"keyFilePath\": \"cert/host.key\", \"xFrameOptions\": \"SAMEORIGIN\", \"robotsTxtQuoted\": null, \"hasIPv6\": false }" > "${PLATFORM_DATA_DIR}/nginx/applications/admin.conf"
-else
-    echo "Show progress bar only on admin domain for normal update"
-    ${box_src_dir}/node_modules/.bin/ejs-cli -f "${script_dir}/start/nginx/appconfig.ejs" \
-        -O "{ \"vhost\": \"${arg_admin_fqdn}\", \"adminOrigin\": \"${admin_origin}\", \"endpoint\": \"splash\", \"sourceDir\": \"${SETUP_WEBSITE_DIR}\", \"certFilePath\": \"cert/host.cert\", \"keyFilePath\": \"cert/host.key\", \"xFrameOptions\": \"SAMEORIGIN\", \"robotsTxtQuoted\": null, \"hasIPv6\": false }" > "${PLATFORM_DATA_DIR}/nginx/applications/admin.conf"
-fi
-
-if [[ "${arg_retire_reason}" == "migrate" ]]; then
-    echo "{ \"migrate\": { \"percent\": \"10\", \"message\": \"Migrating cloudron. This could take up to 15 minutes.\", \"info\": ${arg_retire_info} }, \"backup\": null, \"apiServerOrigin\": \"${arg_api_server_origin}\" }" > "${SETUP_WEBSITE_DIR}/progress.json"
-else
-    echo '{ "update": { "percent": "10", "message": "Updating cloudron software" }, "backup": null }' > "${SETUP_WEBSITE_DIR}/progress.json"
-fi
-
-nginx -s reload
diff --git a/setup/start/nginx/appconfig.ejs b/setup/start/nginx/appconfig.ejs
index a040b5fc0..de72c25ea 100644
--- a/setup/start/nginx/appconfig.ejs
+++ b/setup/start/nginx/appconfig.ejs
@@ -165,40 +165,6 @@ server {
         }
 <% } else if ( endpoint === 'app' ) { %>
         proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:<%= port %>;
-<% } else if ( endpoint === 'splash' ) { %>
-        root   <%= sourceDir %>;
-
-        error_page 503 /update.html;
-
-        location /update.html {
-            add_header Cache-Control no-cache;
-        }
-
-        location /theme.css {
-            add_header Cache-Control no-cache;
-        }
-
-        location /3rdparty/ {
-            add_header Cache-Control no-cache;
-        }
-
-        location /js/ {
-            add_header Cache-Control no-cache;
-        }
-
-        location /progress.json {
-            add_header Cache-Control no-cache;
-        }
-
-        location /api/v1/cloudron/progress {
-            add_header Cache-Control no-cache;
-            default_type application/json;
-            alias <%= sourceDir %>/progress.json;
-        }
-
-        location / {
-            return 503;
-        }
 <% } %>
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/scripts/retire.sh b/src/scripts/retire.sh
index df1c70ffd..9f85bf0a4 100755
--- a/src/scripts/retire.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/retire.sh
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ if [[ "${BOX_ENV}" != "cloudron" ]]; then
 	exit 0
 fi
 
-"${BOX_SRC_DIR}/setup/splashpage.sh" --retire-reason "$1" --retire-info "$2" --data "$3" # show splash
-
 echo "Stopping apps"
 systemctl stop docker # stop the apps