diff --git a/console.php b/console.php
index 25b8b312539309e2c4ff8b4dcdb29d98602e7470..fc6957062be9d6d770fcbd1463658087b8e2b461 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 d6af84e95b1126377a248754df903b6af5239de4..99e8f275316ad5bb28ebce15bb89ef302b8681a3 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 b230ca2e548b2269e07dca102425b34e2c26a6d0..18adfd312042478acece39aaeec760bab86d6f04 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 0585749d615f62e67cc03a30384582cc2f78b387..6bccaa00261f13130425dc85359d30bfb70e4d9d 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 $user is not empty,
 		// mark fs setup here to avoid doing the setup from loading
diff --git a/public.php b/public.php
index 767295b98db100476f1119488443df88191a3835..e072db93d29dc7b0daf6c896269ec17b3cc39168 100644
--- a/public.php
+++ b/public.php
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <?php
-$RUNTIME_NOAPPS = true;
 
 try {
 
diff --git a/remote.php b/remote.php
index 2d0088cd903b04d2a8c1dbd9e56d65fb59c71d6c..d25bbdb6e7ecdddb2466dd511e369654b8a608e8 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 88422100f14cf96afb6b637ecb139520efa8807e..861eaed9cd2638c3fe8ca3099d9f4ae811bb3981 100644
--- a/status.php
+++ b/status.php
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 *
 */
 
-$RUNTIME_NOAPPS = true; //no apps, yet
-
 try {
 
 	require_once 'lib/base.php';