diff --git a/packages/backend/src/app.ts b/packages/backend/src/app.ts
index 3db23897..d2306a04 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/app.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/app.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import morgan from './helpers/morgan';
 import appAssetsHandler from './helpers/app-assets-handler';
 import errorHandler from './helpers/error-handler';
 import './config/database';
-import './helpers/eager-load-apps';
 import authentication from './helpers/authentication';
 
 const app = express();
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/helpers/eager-load-apps.ts b/packages/backend/src/helpers/eager-load-apps.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 976ab7bf..00000000
--- a/packages/backend/src/helpers/eager-load-apps.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import App from '../models/app';
-import appConfig from '../config/app';
-
-if(appConfig.appEnv === 'development') {
-  const apps = App.findAll();
-
-  apps.forEach((app: any) => {
-    import(`../apps/${app.key}`);
-  })
-}