diff --git a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/api-def.json b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/api-def.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 39cf712281..0000000000
--- a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/api-def.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "version": 3,
-  "links": {
-    "feature-toggles": {
-      "uri": "/api/admin/features"
-    },
-    "feature-archive": {
-      "uri": "/api/admin/archive"
-    },
-    "strategies": {
-      "uri": "/api/admin/strategies"
-    },
-    "events": {
-      "uri": "/api/admin/events"
-    },
-    "metrics": {
-      "uri": "/api/admin/metrics"
-    },
-    "state": {
-      "uri": "/api/admin/state"
-    },
-    "context": {
-      "uri": "/api/admin/context"
-    },
-    "tags": {
-      "uri": "/api/admin/tags"
-    },
-    "tag-types": {
-      "uri": "/api/admin/tag-types"
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/index.ts b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/index.ts
index 2a140a8032..2bfcc85693 100644
--- a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import apiDef from './api-def.json';
 import Controller from '../controller';
 import { IUnleashServices } from '../../types/services';
 import { IUnleashConfig } from '../../types/option';
@@ -30,8 +29,6 @@ class AdminApi extends Controller {
     constructor(config: IUnleashConfig, services: IUnleashServices) {
         super(config);
 
-        this.app.get('/', this.index);
-
         this.app.use(
             '/features',
             new FeatureController(config, services).router,
@@ -105,10 +102,6 @@ class AdminApi extends Controller {
             new ConstraintsController(config, services).router,
         );
     }
-
-    index(req, res) {
-        res.json(apiDef);
-    }
 }
 
 module.exports = AdminApi;
diff --git a/src/lib/routes/api-def.ts b/src/lib/routes/api-def.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a558b6d779..0000000000
--- a/src/lib/routes/api-def.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-import clientApiDef from './client-api/api-def.json';
-import adminApiDef from './admin-api/api-def.json';
-import version from '../util/version';
-
-export const api = {
-    name: 'unleash-server',
-    version,
-    uri: '/api',
-    links: {
-        admin: {
-            uri: '/api/admin',
-            links: adminApiDef.links,
-        },
-        client: {
-            uri: '/api/client',
-            links: clientApiDef.links,
-        },
-    },
-};
diff --git a/src/lib/routes/client-api/api-def.json b/src/lib/routes/client-api/api-def.json
deleted file mode 100644
index d280a114cb..0000000000
--- a/src/lib/routes/client-api/api-def.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "version": 3,
-  "links": {
-    "feature-toggles": {
-      "uri": "/api/client/features"
-    },
-    "register": {
-      "uri": "/api/client/register"
-    },
-    "metrics": {
-      "uri": "/api/client/metrics"
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/lib/routes/client-api/index.ts b/src/lib/routes/client-api/index.ts
index 7265ce289f..4eff426ae5 100644
--- a/src/lib/routes/client-api/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/routes/client-api/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { Request, Response } from 'express';
 import Controller from '../controller';
 import FeatureController from './feature';
 import MetricsController from './metrics';
@@ -6,21 +5,14 @@ import RegisterController from './register';
 import { IUnleashConfig } from '../../types/option';
 import { IUnleashServices } from '../../types';
 
-const apiDef = require('./api-def.json');
-
 export default class ClientApi extends Controller {
     constructor(config: IUnleashConfig, services: IUnleashServices) {
         super(config);
 
-        this.get('/', this.index);
         this.use('/features', new FeatureController(services, config).router);
         this.use('/metrics', new MetricsController(services, config).router);
         this.use('/register', new RegisterController(services, config).router);
     }
-
-    index(req: Request, res: Response): void {
-        res.json(apiDef);
-    }
 }
 
 module.exports = ClientApi;
diff --git a/src/lib/routes/index.test.ts b/src/lib/routes/index.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index dd68c1a014..0000000000
--- a/src/lib/routes/index.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-import supertest from 'supertest';
-import { createTestConfig } from '../../test/config/test-config';
-import createStores from '../../test/fixtures/store';
-import getApp from '../app';
-import { createServices } from '../services';
-
-async function getSetup() {
-    const base = `/random${Math.round(Math.random() * 1000)}`;
-    const stores = createStores();
-    const config = createTestConfig({
-        server: { baseUriPath: base },
-    });
-    const services = createServices(stores, config);
-    const app = await getApp(config, stores, services);
-
-    return {
-        base,
-        request: supertest(app),
-        destroy: () => {
-            services.versionService.destroy();
-            services.clientInstanceService.destroy();
-            services.apiTokenService.destroy();
-        },
-    };
-}
-
-let base;
-let request;
-let destroy;
-beforeEach(async () => {
-    const setup = await getSetup();
-    base = setup.base;
-    request = setup.request;
-    destroy = setup.destroy;
-});
-
-afterEach(() => {
-    destroy();
-});
-
-test('api definition', () => {
-    expect.assertions(5);
-    return request
-        .get(`${base}/api/`)
-        .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-        .expect(200)
-        .expect((res) => {
-            expect(res.body).toBeTruthy();
-            const { admin, client } = res.body.links;
-            expect(admin.uri === '/api/admin').toBe(true);
-            expect(client.uri === '/api/client').toBe(true);
-            expect(
-                admin.links['feature-toggles'].uri === '/api/admin/features',
-            ).toBe(true);
-            expect(client.links.metrics.uri === '/api/client/metrics').toBe(
-                true,
-            );
-        });
-});
-
-test('admin api defintion', () => {
-    expect.assertions(2);
-    return request
-        .get(`${base}/api/admin`)
-        .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-        .expect(200)
-        .expect((res) => {
-            expect(res.body).toBeTruthy();
-            expect(
-                res.body.links['feature-toggles'].uri === '/api/admin/features',
-            ).toBe(true);
-        });
-});
-
-test('client api defintion', () => {
-    expect.assertions(2);
-    return request
-        .get(`${base}/api/client`)
-        .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-        .expect(200)
-        .expect((res) => {
-            expect(res.body).toBeTruthy();
-            expect(res.body.links.metrics.uri === '/api/client/metrics').toBe(
-                true,
-            );
-        });
-});
diff --git a/src/lib/routes/index.ts b/src/lib/routes/index.ts
index cc1ecea13c..0449e57b58 100644
--- a/src/lib/routes/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/routes/index.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
-import { Request, Response } from 'express';
 import { BackstageController } from './backstage';
 import ResetPasswordController from './auth/reset-password-controller';
 import { SimplePasswordProvider } from './auth/simple-password-provider';
 import { IUnleashConfig } from '../types/option';
 import { IUnleashServices } from '../types/services';
-import { api } from './api-def';
 import LogoutController from './logout';
 
 const AdminApi = require('./admin-api');
 const ClientApi = require('./client-api');
 const Controller = require('./controller');
 import { HealthCheckController } from './health-check';
+
 class IndexRouter extends Controller {
     constructor(config: IUnleashConfig, services: IUnleashServices) {
         super(config);
@@ -25,13 +24,8 @@ class IndexRouter extends Controller {
             '/auth/reset',
             new ResetPasswordController(config, services).router,
         );
-        this.get(api.uri, this.index);
-        this.use(api.links.admin.uri, new AdminApi(config, services).router);
-        this.use(api.links.client.uri, new ClientApi(config, services).router);
-    }
-
-    async index(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
-        res.json(api);
+        this.use('/api/admin', new AdminApi(config, services).router);
+        this.use('/api/client', new ClientApi(config, services).router);
     }
 }