diff --git a/console.php b/console.php
index 25b8b31253..fc6957062b 100644
--- a/console.php
+++ b/console.php
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Application;
 
-$RUNTIME_NOAPPS = true;
 require_once 'lib/base.php';
 
 // Don't do anything if ownCloud has not been installed yet
diff --git a/core/ajax/update.php b/core/ajax/update.php
index d6af84e95b..99e8f27531 100644
--- a/core/ajax/update.php
+++ b/core/ajax/update.php
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 set_time_limit(0);
-$RUNTIME_NOAPPS = true;
 require_once '../../lib/base.php';
 
 if (OC::checkUpgrade(false)) {
diff --git a/lib/base.php b/lib/base.php
index b230ca2e54..18adfd3120 100644
--- a/lib/base.php
+++ b/lib/base.php
@@ -949,11 +949,6 @@ class OC {
 
 }
 
-// define runtime variables - unless this already has been done
-if (!isset($RUNTIME_NOAPPS)) {
-	$RUNTIME_NOAPPS = false;
-}
-
 if (!function_exists('get_temp_dir')) {
 	function get_temp_dir() {
 		if ($temp = ini_get('upload_tmp_dir')) return $temp;
diff --git a/lib/private/util.php b/lib/private/util.php
index 0585749d61..6bccaa0026 100755
--- a/lib/private/util.php
+++ b/lib/private/util.php
@@ -32,9 +32,7 @@ class OC_Util {
 		}
 
 		// load all filesystem apps before, so no setup-hook gets lost
-		if(!isset($RUNTIME_NOAPPS) || !$RUNTIME_NOAPPS) {
-			OC_App::loadApps(array('filesystem'));
-		}
+		OC_App::loadApps(array('filesystem'));
 
 		// the filesystem will finish when $user is not empty,
 		// mark fs setup here to avoid doing the setup from loading
diff --git a/public.php b/public.php
index 767295b98d..e072db93d2 100644
--- a/public.php
+++ b/public.php
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <?php
-$RUNTIME_NOAPPS = true;
 
 try {
 
diff --git a/remote.php b/remote.php
index 2d0088cd90..d25bbdb6e7 100644
--- a/remote.php
+++ b/remote.php
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <?php
-$RUNTIME_NOAPPS = true;
 
 try {
 
diff --git a/status.php b/status.php
index 88422100f1..861eaed9cd 100644
--- a/status.php
+++ b/status.php
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 *
 */
 
-$RUNTIME_NOAPPS = true; //no apps, yet
-
 try {
 
 	require_once 'lib/base.php';