diff --git a/src/backups.js b/src/backups.js
index 03abfed60..21652c150 100644
--- a/src/backups.js
+++ b/src/backups.js
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     injectPrivateFields,
     removePrivateFields,
 
-    checkConfiguration,
-
     configureCollectd,
 
     generateEncryptionKeysSync,
@@ -1604,23 +1602,6 @@ function startCleanupTask(auditSource, callback) {
     });
 }
 
-function checkConfiguration(callback) {
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
-
-    settings.getBackupConfig(function (error, backupConfig) {
-        if (error) return callback(error);
-
-        let message = '';
-        if (backupConfig.provider === 'noop') {
-            message = 'tr:backups.check.noop';
-        } else if (backupConfig.provider === 'filesystem') {
-            message = 'tr:backups.check.sameDisk';
-        }
-
-        callback(null, message);
-    });
-}
-
 function configureCollectd(backupConfig, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof backupConfig, 'object');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
diff --git a/src/cloudron.js b/src/cloudron.js
index 851d16342..461fa3a62 100644
--- a/src/cloudron.js
+++ b/src/cloudron.js
@@ -83,12 +83,6 @@ function onActivated(options, callback) {
     async.series([
         platform.start.bind(null, options),
         cron.startJobs,
-        function checkBackupConfiguration(done) {
-            backups.checkConfiguration(function (error, message) {
-                if (error) return done(error);
-                notifications.alert(notifications.ALERT_BACKUP_CONFIG, 'Backup configuration is unsafe', message, done);
-            });
-        },
         // disable responding to api calls via IP to not leak domain info. this is carefully placed as the last item, so it buys
         // the UI some time to query the dashboard domain in the restore code path
         (done) => setTimeout(() => reverseProxy.writeDefaultConfig({ activated :true }, done), 30000)
diff --git a/src/routes/backups.js b/src/routes/backups.js
index bd67f3a74..6b10ceeb1 100644
--- a/src/routes/backups.js
+++ b/src/routes/backups.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     list,
     startBackup,
     cleanup,
-    check
 };
 
 let auditSource = require('../auditsource.js'),
@@ -42,11 +41,3 @@ function cleanup(req, res, next) {
         next(new HttpSuccess(202, { taskId }));
     });
 }
-
-function check(req, res, next) {
-    backups.checkConfiguration(function (error, message) {
-        if (error) return next(BoxError.toHttpError(error));
-
-        next(new HttpSuccess(200, { ok: !message, message: message }));
-    });
-}
diff --git a/src/routes/test/backups-test.js b/src/routes/test/backups-test.js
index 824d8774a..32a19ac63 100644
--- a/src/routes/test/backups-test.js
+++ b/src/routes/test/backups-test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-var appdb = require('../../appdb.js'),
+const appdb = require('../../appdb.js'),
     async = require('async'),
     constants = require('../../constants.js'),
     database = require('../../database.js'),
@@ -108,35 +108,4 @@ describe('Backups API', function () {
                 });
         });
     });
-
-    describe('check', function () {
-        it('fails due to mising token', function (done) {
-            superagent.get(SERVER_URL + '/api/v1/backups/check')
-                .end(function (error, result) {
-                    expect(result.statusCode).to.equal(401);
-                    done();
-                });
-        });
-
-        it('fails due to wrong token', function (done) {
-            superagent.get(SERVER_URL + '/api/v1/backups/check')
-                .query({ access_token: token.toUpperCase() })
-                .end(function (error, result) {
-                    expect(result.statusCode).to.equal(401);
-                    done();
-                });
-        });
-
-        it('succeeds', function (done) {
-            superagent.get(SERVER_URL + '/api/v1/backups/check')
-                .query({ access_token: token })
-                .end(function (error, result) {
-                    expect(result.statusCode).to.equal(200);
-                    expect(result.body.ok).to.equal(false);
-                    expect(result.body.message).to.not.be.empty();
-
-                    done();
-                });
-        });
-    });
 });
diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index ae6696943..95423e6b8 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ function initializeExpressSync() {
     router.get ('/api/v1/backups',               token, authorizeAdmin, routes.backups.list);
     router.post('/api/v1/backups/create',        token, authorizeAdmin, routes.backups.startBackup);
     router.post('/api/v1/backups/cleanup', json, token, authorizeAdmin, routes.backups.cleanup);
-    router.get ('/api/v1/backups/check',         token, authorizeAdmin, routes.backups.check);
 
     // config route (for dashboard). can return some private configuration unlike status
     router.get ('/api/v1/config', token, routes.cloudron.getConfig);