diff --git a/app/background-process/ui/view-manager.js b/app/background-process/ui/view-manager.js
index b21088ca46..79051a1ed7 100644
--- a/app/background-process/ui/view-manager.js
+++ b/app/background-process/ui/view-manager.js
@@ -99,8 +99,7 @@ const STATE_VARS = [
   'donateLinkHref',
   'isLiveReloading',
   'previewMode',
-  'uncommittedChanges',
-  'applicationState'
+  'uncommittedChanges'
 ]
 
 // globals
@@ -163,7 +162,6 @@ class View {
     this.availableAlternative = '' // tracks if there's alternative protocol available for the site
     this.wasDatTimeout = false // did the last navigation result in a timed-out dat?
     this.uncommittedChanges = false // does the preview have uncommitted changes?
-    this.applicationState = '' // if an application, is 'installable' or 'needs-update'
 
     // wire up events
     this.webContents.on('did-start-loading', this.onDidStartLoading.bind(this))
@@ -618,7 +616,6 @@ class View {
     this.numFollowers = 0
     this.donateLinkHref = null
     this.uncommittedChanges = false
-    this.applicationState = ''
 
     if (!this.url.startsWith('dat://')) {
       this.datInfo = null
@@ -641,16 +638,6 @@ class View {
     let siteFollowers = await beakerCore.crawler.follows.list({filters: {topics: this.datInfo.url, authors: followAuthors}})
     this.numFollowers = siteFollowers.length
     if (!noEmit) this.emitUpdateState()
-    
-    if (this.datInfo.type && this.datInfo.type.includes('application')) {
-      let userId = (await beakerCore.users.get(userSession.url)).id
-      let appState = await beakerCore.applications.getApplicationState({userId, url: this.url})
-      if (!appState.installed) {
-        this.applicationState = 'installable'
-      }
-      // TODO check for 'needs-update'
-      if (!noEmit) this.emitUpdateState()
-    }
   }
 
   async getPageMetadata () {
diff --git a/app/new-shell-window/navbar.js b/app/new-shell-window/navbar.js
index 522d1f5f01..bfa54bb8b2 100644
--- a/app/new-shell-window/navbar.js
+++ b/app/new-shell-window/navbar.js
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ class ShellWindowNavbar extends LitElement {
         ?is-live-reloading=${_get(this, 'activeTab.isLiveReloading')}
         ?preview-mode=${_get(this, 'activeTab.previewMode')}
         uncommitted-changes=${_get(this, 'activeTab.uncommittedChanges', 0)}
-        application-state=${_get(this, 'activeTab.applicationState', '')}
         ?is-bookmarked=${_get(this, 'activeTab.isBookmarked', false)}
       ></shell-window-navbar-location>
       <shell-window-navbar-inpage-find
diff --git a/app/new-shell-window/navbar/location.js b/app/new-shell-window/navbar/location.js
index 174fd42087..30627fc7c8 100644
--- a/app/new-shell-window/navbar/location.js
+++ b/app/new-shell-window/navbar/location.js
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ class NavbarLocation extends LitElement {
       isLiveReloading: {type: Boolean, attribute: 'is-live-reloading'},
       previewMode: {type: Boolean, attribute: 'preview-mode'},
       uncommittedChanges: {type: Number, attribute: 'uncommitted-changes'},
-      applicationState: {type: String, attribute: 'application-state'},
       isSiteToolsMenuOpen: {type: Boolean},
       isPreviewModeToolsMenuOpen: {type: Boolean},
       isDonateMenuOpen: {type: Boolean},
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ class NavbarLocation extends LitElement {
     this.availableAlternative = ''
     this.previewMode = false
     this.uncommittedChanges = 0
-    this.applicationState = ''
     this.isSiteToolsMenuOpen = false
     this.isPreviewModeToolsMenuOpen = false
     this.isDonateMenuOpen = false
@@ -115,7 +113,6 @@ class NavbarLocation extends LitElement {
       <button class="text" @click=${this.onClickComments}>
         <span class="far fa-fw fa-comment-alt"></span> ${this.numComments}
       </button>
-      ${this.renderApplicationBtn()}
       ${this.renderSiteToolsBtn()}
       ${this.renderAvailableAlternativeBtn()}
       ${this.renderDonateBtn()}
@@ -290,32 +287,6 @@ class NavbarLocation extends LitElement {
     `
   }
 
-  renderApplicationBtn () {
-    if (this.applicationState === 'needs-update') {
-      const cls = classMap({
-        'application-btn': true,
-        update: true
-      })
-      return html`
-        <button class="${cls}">
-          <i class="fas fa-arrow-alt-circle-up"></i> Update required
-        </button>
-      `
-    }
-    if (this.applicationState === 'installable') {
-      const cls = classMap({
-        'application-btn': true,
-        install: true
-      })
-      return html`
-        <button class="${cls}" @click=${this.onClickInstall}>
-          <i class="fas fa-download"></i> Install this application
-        </button>
-      `
-    }
-    return ''
-  }
-
   // events
   // =
 
@@ -494,11 +465,6 @@ class NavbarLocation extends LitElement {
     })
   }
 
-  async onClickInstall () {
-    if (await bg.applications.requestInstall(this.url)) {
-      bg.views.loadURL(this.activeTabIndex, this.url) // refresh page
-    }
-  }
 }
 NavbarLocation.styles = [buttonResetCSS, css`
 :host {
@@ -615,47 +581,6 @@ button.live-reload .fa {
   -webkit-text-stroke: 1px #daba47;
 }
 
-button.application-btn {
-  width: auto;
-  padding: 0 5px;
-  font-size: 11px;
-  line-height: 12px;
-  margin: 2px;
-  border-radius: 2px;
-}
-
-button.application-btn.install {
-  border: 1px solid #2864dc;
-  background: #5289f7;
-  color: #fff;
-  box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.1);
-}
-
-button.application-btn.install:hover {
-  background: rgb(64, 119, 230);
-}
-
-button.application-btn.update {
-  border: 1px solid rgb(11, 150, 11);
-  background: rgb(12, 185, 12);
-  color: #fff;
-  box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.1);
-}
-
-button.application-btn.update:hover {
-  background: rgb(24, 171, 24);
-}
-
-button.application-btn .fa-download {
-  font-size: 12px;
-  margin: 0 2px;
-}
-
-button.application-btn .fa-arrow-alt-circle-up {
-  font-size: 10px;
-  margin: 0 1px;
-}
-
 .input-container {
   position: relative;
   flex: 1;