diff --git a/pywps/app/Process.py b/pywps/app/Process.py
index 1b10a4d61..22dde039e 100644
--- a/pywps/app/Process.py
+++ b/pywps/app/Process.py
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ def from_json(cls, value):
 
     def execute(self, wps_request, uuid):
         self._set_uuid(uuid)
-        self._setup_status_storage()
         self.async_ = False
         wps_response = WPSExecuteResponse(self, wps_request, self.uuid)
 
@@ -165,23 +164,6 @@ def _set_uuid(self, uuid):
         for outpt in self.outputs:
             outpt.uuid = uuid
 
-    def _setup_status_storage(self):
-        self._status_store = StorageBuilder.buildStorage()
-
-    @property
-    def status_store(self):
-        if self._status_store is None:
-            self._setup_status_storage()
-        return self._status_store
-
-    @property
-    def status_location(self):
-        return self.status_store.location(self.status_filename)
-
-    @property
-    def status_filename(self):
-        return str(self.uuid) + '.xml'
-
     @property
     def status_url(self):
         base_url = config.get_config_value('server', 'url')
diff --git a/pywps/app/WPSExecuteResponse.py b/pywps/app/WPSExecuteResponse.py
index 78f6a21ee..e0765eceb 100644
--- a/pywps/app/WPSExecuteResponse.py
+++ b/pywps/app/WPSExecuteResponse.py
@@ -123,9 +123,6 @@ def _update_status(self, status, message, status_percentage, clean=True):
             self.wps_request.preprocess_response = None
 
         LOGGER.debug("_update_status: status={}, clean={}".format(status, clean))
-        self._update_status_doc()
-        if self.store_status_file:
-            self._update_status_file()
         if clean:
             if self.status == WPS_STATUS.SUCCEEDED or self.status == WPS_STATUS.FAILED:
                 LOGGER.debug("clean workdir: status={}".format(status))
@@ -145,26 +142,6 @@ def update_status(self, message, status_percentage=None):
             status_percentage = self.status_percentage
         self._update_status(self.status, message, status_percentage, False)
 
-    def _update_status_doc(self):
-        try:
-            # rebuild the doc
-            self.doc = StatusResponse(self.wps_request.version, self.uuid,
-                                      get_default_response_mimetype()).get_data(as_text=True)
-            self.content_type = get_default_response_mimetype()
-        except Exception as e:
-            raise NoApplicableCode('Building Response Document failed with : {}'.format(e))
-
-    def _update_status_file(self):
-        # TODO: check if file/directory is still present, maybe deleted in mean time
-        try:
-            # update the status xml file
-            self.process.status_store.write(
-                self.doc,
-                self.process.status_filename,
-                data_format=FORMATS.XML)
-        except Exception as e:
-            raise NoApplicableCode('Writing Response Document failed with : {}'.format(e))
-
     def _process_accepted(self):
         percent = int(self.status_percentage)
         if percent > 99:
@@ -233,8 +210,7 @@ def as_json_for_execute_template(self):
         }
 
         if self.store_status_file:
-            if self.process.status_location:
-                data["status_location"] = self.process.status_url
+            data["status_location"] = self.process.status_url
 
         if self.status == WPS_STATUS.ACCEPTED:
             self.message = 'PyWPS Process {} accepted'.format(self.process.identifier)