diff --git a/apps/files/ajax/mimeicon.php b/apps/files/ajax/mimeicon.php
index 80d50f84528..dbb8b60112a 100644
--- a/apps/files/ajax/mimeicon.php
+++ b/apps/files/ajax/mimeicon.php
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
 <?php
 
-// no need for apps
-$RUNTIME_NOAPPS=false;
-
-// Init owncloud
-
-
 print OC_Helper::mimetypeIcon($_GET['mime']);
diff --git a/apps/media/ajax/autoupdate.php b/apps/media/ajax/autoupdate.php
index 7329e91e210..a5801f1a0e0 100644
--- a/apps/media/ajax/autoupdate.php
+++ b/apps/media/ajax/autoupdate.php
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@
 
 header('Content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8') ;
 
-//no apps
-$RUNTIME_NOAPPS=true;
-
- 
 OCP\JSON::checkAppEnabled('media');
 
 $autoUpdate=(isset($_GET['autoupdate']) and $_GET['autoupdate']=='true');