diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d1df68a6999..c15b4e91f20 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -188,16 +188,11 @@
     "ampersand-collection": "^1.5.0",
     "ampersand-collection-filterable": "^0.2.1",
     "ampersand-dom-bindings": "^3.7.0",
-    "ampersand-filtered-subcollection": "^2.0.4",
-    "ampersand-form-view": "^5.2.2",
-    "ampersand-input-view": "^5.0.0",
     "ampersand-model": "^6.0.2",
     "ampersand-rest-collection": "^5.0.0",
     "ampersand-router": "^3.0.2",
-    "ampersand-select-view": "^4.3.2",
     "ampersand-state": "4.8.2",
     "ampersand-view": "^9.0.0",
-    "ampersand-view-switcher": "^2.0.0",
     "app-migrations": "mongodb-js/app-migrations#v0.1.2",
     "async": "^1.5.2",
     "backoff": "^2.4.1",
diff --git a/src/app/index.js b/src/app/index.js
index 70dc23e84cd..e3955fb7d9e 100644
--- a/src/app/index.js
+++ b/src/app/index.js
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ var electron = require('electron');
 var APP_VERSION = electron.remote.app.getVersion();
 
 var _ = require('lodash');
-var ViewSwitcher = require('ampersand-view-switcher');
 var View = require('ampersand-view');
 var async = require('async');
 var ipc = require('hadron-ipc');
@@ -117,8 +116,6 @@ var Application = View.extend({
       return debug('router already started!');
     }
     this.router = new Router();
-    debug('Listening for page changes from the router...');
-    this.listenTo(this.router, 'page', this.onPageChange);
 
     debug('Starting router...');
     this.router.history.start({
@@ -180,11 +177,6 @@ var Application = View.extend({
 
     this.el = document.querySelector('#application');
     this.renderWithTemplate(this);
-    this.pageSwitcher = new ViewSwitcher(this.queryByHook('layout-container'), {
-      show: function() {
-        document.scrollTop = 0;
-      }
-    });
     debug('rendering statusbar...');
     this.statusComponent = app.appRegistry.getRole('Application.Status')[0].component;
     ReactDOM.render(React.createElement(this.statusComponent), this.queryByHook('statusbar'));
@@ -258,12 +250,6 @@ var Application = View.extend({
       this.showOptIn();
     }
   },
-  onPageChange: function(view) {
-    // connect dialog
-    if (view.screenName) {
-      this.pageSwitcher.set(view);
-    }
-  },
   onLinkClick: function(event) {
     const localLinks = require('local-links');
     const pathname = localLinks.getLocalPathname(event);
diff --git a/src/app/router.js b/src/app/router.js
index b66a86e89b4..972e60835d6 100644
--- a/src/app/router.js
+++ b/src/app/router.js
@@ -1,24 +1,17 @@
-var AmpersandRouter = require('ampersand-router');
-var app = require('hadron-app');
-var React = require('react');
-var ReactDOM = require('react-dom');
+const AmpersandRouter = require('ampersand-router');
+const React = require('react');
+const ReactDOM = require('react-dom');
 
 module.exports = AmpersandRouter.extend({
   routes: {
-    '': 'home',
-    home: 'home',
-    'home/:ns': 'home',
-    '(*path)': 'catchAll'
+    '': 'home'
   },
   home: function(ns) {
-    this.homeView = app.appRegistry.getComponent('Home.Home');
+    this.homeView = global.hadronApp.appRegistry.getComponent('Home.Home');
     this.trigger('page',
       ReactDOM.render(
         React.createElement(this.homeView, {ns: ns}),
-        app.state.queryByHook('layout-container')
+        global.hadronApp.state.queryByHook('layout-container')
     ));
-  },
-  catchAll: function() {
-    this.redirectTo('');
   }
 });
diff --git a/src/main/window-manager.js b/src/main/window-manager.js
index 1c78a44cb15..7ef34f130ba 100644
--- a/src/main/window-manager.js
+++ b/src/main/window-manager.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ if (process.platform === 'linux') {
  * The app's HTML shell which is the output of `./src/index.html`
  * created by the `build:pages` gulp task.
  */
-var DEFAULT_URL = 'file://' + path.join(RESOURCES, 'index.html#connect');
+var DEFAULT_URL = 'file://' + path.join(RESOURCES, 'index.html');
 var LOADING_URL = 'file://' + path.join(RESOURCES, 'loading', 'loading.html');
 
 // track if app was launched, @see `renderer ready` handler below