diff --git a/.rubocop_todo.yml b/.rubocop_todo.yml
index 8731bc406..aa00078f7 100644
--- a/.rubocop_todo.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_todo.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This configuration was generated by
 # `rubocop --auto-gen-config`
-# on 2019-05-31 17:18:29 -0500 using RuboCop version 0.65.0.
+# on 2019-06-04 08:56:27 -0500 using RuboCop version 0.65.0.
 # The point is for the user to remove these configuration records
 # one by one as the offenses are removed from the code base.
 # Note that changes in the inspected code, or installation of new
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ Lint/UriEscapeUnescape:
     - 'app/controllers/sdr_controller.rb'
     - 'spec/controllers/sdr_controller_spec.rb'
 
-# Offense count: 24
+# Offense count: 22
 Metrics/AbcSize:
-  Max: 94
+  Max: 91
 
 # Offense count: 3
 # Configuration parameters: CountComments.
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Metrics/ClassLength:
 Metrics/CyclomaticComplexity:
   Max: 11
 
-# Offense count: 27
+# Offense count: 26
 # Configuration parameters: CountComments, ExcludedMethods.
 Metrics/MethodLength:
   Max: 43
@@ -100,14 +100,13 @@ RSpec/Be:
   Exclude:
     - 'spec/services/public_xml_service_spec.rb'
 
-# Offense count: 2
+# Offense count: 1
 RSpec/BeforeAfterAll:
   Exclude:
     - 'spec/spec_helper.rb'
     - 'spec/rails_helper.rb'
     - 'spec/support/**/*.rb'
     - 'spec/dor/update_marc_record_service_spec.rb'
-    - 'spec/services/cleanup_reset_service_spec.rb'
 
 # Offense count: 31
 # Configuration parameters: Prefixes.
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ RSpec/ExpectInHook:
     - 'spec/services/publish_metadata_service_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/services/registration_service_spec.rb'
 
-# Offense count: 237
+# Offense count: 240
 # Configuration parameters: AssignmentOnly.
 RSpec/InstanceVariable:
   Exclude:
@@ -175,13 +174,12 @@ RSpec/InstanceVariable:
     - 'spec/services/cleanup_reset_service_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/services/registration_service_spec.rb'
 
-# Offense count: 40
+# Offense count: 39
 # Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle.
 # SupportedStyles: have_received, receive
 RSpec/MessageSpies:
   Exclude:
     - 'spec/controllers/objects_controller_spec.rb'
-    - 'spec/controllers/workflows_controller_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/dor/update_marc_record_service_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/services/public_desc_metadata_service_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/services/registration_service_spec.rb'
@@ -193,7 +191,7 @@ RSpec/NamedSubject:
   Exclude:
     - 'spec/services/thumbnail_service_spec.rb'
 
-# Offense count: 23
+# Offense count: 22
 RSpec/NestedGroups:
   Max: 5
 
@@ -205,14 +203,6 @@ RSpec/PredicateMatcher:
   Exclude:
     - 'spec/dor/update_marc_record_service_spec.rb'
 
-# Offense count: 1
-# Cop supports --auto-correct.
-# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle.
-# SupportedStyles: and_return, block
-RSpec/ReturnFromStub:
-  Exclude:
-    - 'spec/controllers/workflows_controller_spec.rb'
-
 # Offense count: 2
 RSpec/ScatteredLet:
   Exclude:
@@ -275,7 +265,7 @@ Style/ConditionalAssignment:
   Exclude:
     - 'spec/support/foxml_helper.rb'
 
-# Offense count: 14
+# Offense count: 13
 Style/Documentation:
   Exclude:
     - 'spec/**/*'
@@ -284,7 +274,6 @@ Style/Documentation:
     - 'app/controllers/objects_controller.rb'
     - 'app/controllers/sdr_controller.rb'
     - 'app/controllers/versions_controller.rb'
-    - 'app/controllers/workflows_controller.rb'
     - 'app/models/dor/registration_response.rb'
     - 'app/models/dor/service_item.rb'
     - 'app/models/dor/update_marc_record_service.rb'
diff --git a/app/controllers/objects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/objects_controller.rb
index f912665a5..2d115d148 100644
--- a/app/controllers/objects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/objects_controller.rb
@@ -66,21 +66,6 @@ def release_tags
     end
   end
 
-  # Initiate a workflow by name
-  # This service is called by several different clients (e.g. was-archiving-robots, preservation-catalog, GIS, Goobi)
-  def apo_workflows
-    workflow = if params[:wf_name].ends_with? 'WF'
-                 params[:wf_name]
-               else
-                 "#{params[:wf_name]}WF"
-               end
-
-    Honeybadger.notify("Call to deprecated API #{request.path}. Use workflow-service instead")
-    Dor::Config.workflow.client.create_workflow_by_name(@item.pid, workflow)
-
-    head :created
-  end
-
   private
 
   def fedora_base
diff --git a/app/controllers/workflows_controller.rb b/app/controllers/workflows_controller.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index d66e2d64f..000000000
--- a/app/controllers/workflows_controller.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-class WorkflowsController < ApplicationController
-  def initial
-    Honeybadger.notify("Call to deprecated API #{request.path}. The workflow server now knows about initial_workflow")
-    render content_type: 'application/xml', body: Dor::WorkflowObject.initial_workflow(params[:wf_name])
-  end
-end
diff --git a/app/models/registration_request.rb b/app/models/registration_request.rb
index 05697cae6..e6fcc25a6 100644
--- a/app/models/registration_request.rb
+++ b/app/models/registration_request.rb
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ class RegistrationRequest
   # @option params [Hash{String => String}] :source_id Primary ID from another system, max one key/value pair!
   # @option params [Hash] :other_ids including :uuid if known
   # @option params [String] :pid Fully qualified PID if you don't want one generated for you
-  # @option params [Integer] :workflow_priority]
   # @option params [Array<String>] :seed_datastream datastream_names (only 'descMetadata' is a permitted value)
-  # @option params [Array<String>] :initiate_workflow workflow_ids this parameter is deprecated
   # @option params [Array] :tags
   def initialize(params)
     @params = params
@@ -47,14 +45,6 @@ def rights
     params[:rights]
   end
 
-  def initiate_workflow
-    Array(params[:initiate_workflow])
-  end
-
-  def workflow_priority
-    params[:workflow_priority] ? params[:workflow_priority].to_i : 0
-  end
-
   def object_type
     params[:object_type]
   end
diff --git a/app/services/registration_service.rb b/app/services/registration_service.rb
index 53247ef70..abf24e4e8 100644
--- a/app/services/registration_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/registration_service.rb
@@ -22,13 +22,12 @@ def registration_request_params(params)
       other_ids = namespace_identifiers(Array(params[:other_id]))
       handle_auto_label(params, other_ids)
 
-      params.slice(:pid, :admin_policy, :label, :object_type, :parent, :seed_datastream, :rights, :metadata_source, :collection, :workflow_priority)
+      params.slice(:pid, :admin_policy, :label, :object_type, :parent, :seed_datastream, :rights, :metadata_source, :collection)
             .merge(
               content_model: params[:model],
               other_ids: ids_to_hash(other_ids),
               source_id: ids_to_hash(params[:source_id]),
-              tags: params[:tag] || [],
-              initiate_workflow: Array(params[:initiate_workflow]) + Array(params[:workflow_id])
+              tags: params[:tag] || []
             )
             .reject { |_k, v| v.nil? }
     end
@@ -122,10 +121,6 @@ def register_object(request)
       end
 
       new_item.save
-
-      # Once we save, then it's safe to start any workflows. Otherwise there could be a race condition
-      initiate_workflow(workflows: request.initiate_workflow, item: new_item, priority: request.workflow_priority)
-
       new_item
     end
 
@@ -135,14 +130,6 @@ def ids_to_hash(ids)
       Hash[Array(ids).map { |id| id.split(':', 2) }]
     end
 
-    def initiate_workflow(workflows:, item:, priority:)
-      Honeybadger.notify("RegistrationService received deprecated parameter `initiate_workflow' with: `#{workflows.inspect}'") if workflows.present?
-
-      workflows.each do |workflow_id|
-        Dor::Config.workflow.client.create_workflow_by_name(item.pid, workflow_id, priority: priority, version: item.current_version)
-      end
-    end
-
     def build_desc_metadata_from_label(new_item, label)
       builder = Nokogiri::XML::Builder.new do |xml|
         xml.mods(Dor::DescMetadataDS::MODS_HEADER_CONFIG) do
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index d5f82d30c..20151b633 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@
       get 'content/:filename', to: 'sdr#file_content', format: false, constraints: { filename: /.+/ }
     end
 
-    scope '/workflows/:wf_name' do
-      get 'initial', to: 'workflows#initial'
-    end
-
     scope :catalog do
       get 'marcxml', to: 'marcxml#marcxml'
       get 'mods', to: 'marcxml#mods'
@@ -31,8 +27,6 @@
         post 'update_marc_record'
         post 'notify_goobi'
         post 'release_tags'
-        post 'apo_workflows/:wf_name', action: 'apo_workflows'
-
         post 'refresh_metadata', to: 'metadata_refresh#refresh'
 
         get 'contents', to: 'content#list'
diff --git a/spec/controllers/objects_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/objects_controller_spec.rb
index 29e6e931b..ce528f32b 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/objects_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/objects_controller_spec.rb
@@ -129,22 +129,4 @@
       expect(response.status).to eq(400)
     end
   end
-
-  describe 'apo-workflow initalization' do
-    let(:workflow_client) { instance_double(Dor::Workflow::Client, create_workflow_by_name: true) }
-
-    before do
-      allow(Dor::Config.workflow).to receive(:client).and_return(workflow_client)
-    end
-
-    it 'initiates assemblyWF' do
-      post 'apo_workflows', params: { id: item.pid, wf_name: 'assemblyWF' }
-      expect(workflow_client).to have_received(:create_workflow_by_name).with(item.pid, 'assemblyWF')
-    end
-
-    it "handles workflow names without 'WF' appended to the end" do
-      post 'apo_workflows', params: { id: item.pid, wf_name: 'accession' }
-      expect(workflow_client).to have_received(:create_workflow_by_name).with(item.pid, 'accessionWF')
-    end
-  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/workflows_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/workflows_controller_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 49c52eb39..000000000
--- a/spec/controllers/workflows_controller_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-require 'rails_helper'
-
-RSpec.describe WorkflowsController do
-  before do
-    login
-    allow(Honeybadger).to receive(:notify)
-  end
-
-  it "GET of /workflows/{wfname}/initial returns the an initial instance of the workflow's xml" do
-    expect(Dor::WorkflowObject).to receive(:initial_workflow).with('accessionWF') {
-      <<-XML
-      <workflow id="accessionWF">
-        <process name="start-accession" status="completed" attempts="1" lifecycle="submitted"/>
-        <process name="content-metadata" status="waiting"/>
-      </workflow>
-      XML
-    }
-
-    get :initial, params: { wf_name: 'accessionWF' }
-
-    expect(response.content_type).to eq('application/xml')
-    expect(response.body).to match(/start-accession/)
-    expect(Honeybadger).to have_received(:notify).with(/Call to deprecated API/)
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/services/registration_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/registration_service_spec.rb
index e88a3fab6..8a66d6dcd 100644
--- a/spec/services/registration_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/registration_service_spec.rb
@@ -340,21 +340,6 @@
         obj = register
         expect(obj.label).to eq('a' * 254)
       end
-
-      context 'when initiate workflow is passed in' do
-        let(:workflow_client) { instance_double(Dor::Workflow::Client, create_workflow_by_name: true) }
-
-        before do
-          allow(Dor::Config.workflow).to receive(:client).and_return(workflow_client)
-        end
-
-        it 'sets priority' do
-          @params[:workflow_priority] = 50
-          @params[:initiate_workflow] = 'digitizationWF'
-          register
-          expect(workflow_client).to have_received(:create_workflow_by_name).with(String, 'digitizationWF', priority: 50, version: '1')
-        end
-      end
     end # context common cases
   end