diff --git a/src/views/apps.js b/src/views/apps.js
index beaab129a..e05718614 100644
--- a/src/views/apps.js
+++ b/src/views/apps.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 /* global angular:false */
 /* global $:false */
 
-angular.module('Application').controller('AppsController', ['$scope', '$location', '$timeout', '$interval', 'Client', function ($scope, $location, $timeout, $interval, Client) {
+angular.module('Application').controller('AppsController', ['$scope', '$timeout', '$interval', 'Client', function ($scope, $timeout, $interval, Client) {
     var ALL_DOMAINS_DOMAIN = { _alldomains: true, domain: 'All Domains' }; // dummy record for the single select filter
 
     $scope.HOST_PORT_MIN = 1024;
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('AppsController', ['$scope', '$location
     $scope.config = Client.getConfig();
     $scope.user = Client.getUserInfo();
     $scope.domains = [];
-    $scope.groups = [];
-    $scope.users = [];
     $scope.backupsEnabled = true;
     $scope.disableIndexingTemplate = '# Disable search engine indexing\n\nUser-agent: *\nDisallow: /';
 
@@ -112,31 +110,6 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('AppsController', ['$scope', '$location
         $scope.appPostInstallConfirm.confirmed = false;
     };
 
-    function fetchUsers() {
-        Client.getUsers(function (error, users) {
-            if (error) {
-                console.error(error);
-                return $timeout(fetchUsers, 5000);
-            }
-
-            // ensure we have something to work with in the access restriction dropdowns
-            users.forEach(function (user) { user.display = user.username || user.email; });
-
-            $scope.users = users;
-        });
-    }
-
-    function fetchGroups() {
-        Client.getGroups(function (error, groups) {
-            if (error) {
-                console.error(error);
-                return $timeout(fetchUsers, 5000);
-            }
-
-            $scope.groups = groups;
-        });
-    }
-
     function getDomains() {
         Client.getDomains(function (error, result) {
             if (error) {
@@ -165,8 +138,6 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('AppsController', ['$scope', '$location
         refreshInstalledApps(); // refresh the new list immediately when switching from another view (appstore)
 
         if ($scope.user.admin) {
-            fetchUsers();
-            fetchGroups();
             getDomains();
             getBackupConfig();
         }