diff --git a/actions/config b/actions/config
index eeee8adc9..55cbc2efe 100755
--- a/actions/config
+++ b/actions/config
@@ -23,11 +23,8 @@ Configuration helper for FreedomBox general configuration.
 import argparse
 import os
 
-import augeas
-
 from plinth import action_utils
-from plinth.modules.config import (APACHE_HOMEPAGE_CONF_FILE_NAME,
-                                   FREEDOMBOX_APACHE_CONFIG)
+from plinth.modules.config import APACHE_HOMEPAGE_CONF_FILE_NAME
 
 
 def parse_arguments():
@@ -39,31 +36,11 @@ def parse_arguments():
         help='Set the home page for this FreedomBox instance.')
     set_home_page.add_argument('homepage',
                                help='path to the webserver home page')
-    subparsers.add_parser(
-        'reset-home-page',
-        help='Reset the default app configuraton in freedombox.conf')
 
     subparsers.required = True
     return parser.parse_args()
 
 
-def subcommand_reset_home_page(_):
-    aug = augeas.Augeas(flags=augeas.Augeas.NO_LOAD +
-                        augeas.Augeas.NO_MODL_AUTOLOAD)
-    aug.set('/augeas/load/Httpd/lens', 'Httpd.lns')
-    aug.set('/augeas/load/Httpd/incl[last() + 1]', FREEDOMBOX_APACHE_CONFIG)
-    aug.load()
-
-    aug.defvar('conf', '/files' + FREEDOMBOX_APACHE_CONFIG)
-
-    for match in aug.match('/files' + FREEDOMBOX_APACHE_CONFIG +
-                           '/directive["RedirectMatch"]'):
-        if aug.get(match + "/arg[1]") == '''"^/$"''':
-            aug.set(match + "/arg[2]", '"/{}"'.format('plinth'))
-
-    aug.save()
-
-
 def subcommand_set_home_page(arguments):
     """Set the default app for this FreedomBox."""
     conf_file_path = os.path.join('/etc/apache2/conf-available',
diff --git a/data/etc/apache2/conf-available/freedombox.conf b/data/etc/apache2/conf-available/freedombox.conf
index 57ef13dd4..f5710dcbd 100644
--- a/data/etc/apache2/conf-available/freedombox.conf
+++ b/data/etc/apache2/conf-available/freedombox.conf
@@ -4,13 +4,8 @@
 Header set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains" env=HTTPS
 
 ##
-## Redirect traffic on home to /plinth as part of turning the machine
-## into FreedomBox server.  Plinth then acts as a portal to reach all
-## other services.
+## Provide /freedombox as an alias to /plinth
 ##
-## TODO Deprecation: The homepage for Apache server is being set in
-## freedombox-apache-homepage.conf. This line will be removed.
-RedirectMatch "^/$" "/plinth"
 RedirectMatch "^/freedombox" "/plinth"
 
 ##
diff --git a/plinth/modules/config/__init__.py b/plinth/modules/config/__init__.py
index 5a41d905e..1b1264bcf 100644
--- a/plinth/modules/config/__init__.py
+++ b/plinth/modules/config/__init__.py
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ def get_home_page():
 
     aug.defvar('conf', '/files' + conf_file)
 
+    app_path = 'plinth'
+
     for match in aug.match('/files' + conf_file +
                            '/directive["RedirectMatch"]'):
         if aug.get(match + "/arg[1]") == '''"^/$"''':
@@ -114,14 +116,11 @@ def setup(helper, old_version=None):
 
 
 def _migrate_home_page_config():
-    """Move the default app configuration to an external file."""
+    """Move the home page configuration to an external file."""
 
     # Hold the current default app in a variable
     home_page_path = get_home_page().replace('_', '/')
 
-    # Reset the default app to plinth in freedombox.conf
-    actions.superuser_run('config', ['reset-home-page'])
-
     # Write the default app setting into the new conf file
     # This step is run at the end because it reloads the Apache server
     actions.superuser_run('config', ['set-home-page', home_page_path])