diff --git a/framework/src/Maveriks/WebApplication.php b/framework/src/Maveriks/WebApplication.php
index 7f086d81a..73fac94bb 100644
--- a/framework/src/Maveriks/WebApplication.php
+++ b/framework/src/Maveriks/WebApplication.php
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ use ProcessMaker\Validation\ValidationUploadedFiles;
 class WebApplication
 {
     const RUNNING_DEFAULT = "default.running";
-    const RUNNING_INDEX = "index.running";
     const RUNNING_WORKFLOW = "workflow.running";
     const RUNNING_API = "api.running";
     const RUNNING_OAUTH2 = "api.oauth2";
@@ -113,13 +112,7 @@ class WebApplication
      */
     public function route()
     {
-        if ($this->requestUri === "/") {
-            if (file_exists("index.html")) {
-                return self::RUNNING_INDEX;
-            } else {
-                return self::RUNNING_DEFAULT;
-            }
-        } elseif ($this->requestUri !== "/api/oauth2/token" &&
+        if ($this->requestUri !== "/api/oauth2/token" &&
             substr($this->requestUri, 1, 3) === "api" &&
             count(explode("/", $this->requestUri)) >= 4 // url api pattern: /api/1.0/<workspace>/<resource>
         ) {
@@ -252,7 +245,7 @@ class WebApplication
         $serverAddr = $_SERVER ['SERVER_ADDR'];
         $endTime = microtime(true);
         $time = $endTime - $startingTime;
-        
+
         Bootstrap::verifyPath(PATH_DATA . 'logs', true);
         $fpt = fopen(PATH_DATA . 'logs/api.log', 'a');
         fwrite($fpt, sprintf("%s %7.6f %-15s %-4s %s\n", date('Y-m-d H:i:s'), $time, getenv('REMOTE_ADDR'), $_SERVER ['REQUEST_METHOD'], $_SERVER ['REQUEST_URI']));
diff --git a/workflow/public_html/app.php b/workflow/public_html/app.php
index db2bef174..f152901ad 100644
--- a/workflow/public_html/app.php
+++ b/workflow/public_html/app.php
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 <?php
-
-use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Kernel;
 use Maveriks\WebApplication;
 use Maveriks\Http\Response;
 use Maveriks\Pattern\Mvc\PhtmlView;
@@ -50,12 +48,6 @@ try {
             $app->run(WebApplication::SERVICE_OAUTH2);
             break;
 
-        // todo: remove in next iterations    
-        //case WebApplication::RUNNING_INDEX:
-        //    $response = new Response(file_get_contents("index.html"), 302);
-        //    $response->send();
-            break;
-
         case WebApplication::RUNNING_DEFAULT:
             $response = new Response("", 302);
             //TODO compose this def url with configuration data from env.ini
@@ -73,4 +65,3 @@ try {
     $response = new Response($view->getOutput(), 503);
     $response->send();
 }
-
diff --git a/workflow/public_html/sysGeneric.php b/workflow/public_html/sysGeneric.php
index 5cbb11516..9705b0169 100644
--- a/workflow/public_html/sysGeneric.php
+++ b/workflow/public_html/sysGeneric.php
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ if (file_exists(FILE_PATHS_INSTALLED)) {
     Bootstrap::verifyPath(PATH_SMARTY_C, true);
     Bootstrap::verifyPath(PATH_SMARTY_CACHE, true);
 }
-
 // set include path
 set_include_path(
     PATH_CORE . PATH_SEPARATOR .