diff --git a/components/dashboard/src/data/git-providers/github-queries.ts b/components/dashboard/src/data/git-providers/github-queries.ts
index 2cd4dcfccaa03f..6a50b8c4e734b9 100644
--- a/components/dashboard/src/data/git-providers/github-queries.ts
+++ b/components/dashboard/src/data/git-providers/github-queries.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ import { useCurrentUser } from "../../user-context";
 
 export const useIsGithubAppEnabled = () => {
     return useQuery(["github-app-enabled"], async () => {
-        return await getGitpodService().server.isGitHubAppEnabled();
+        // similar to `isGitpodio`, but the GH App is only configured on Cloud.
+        return window.location.hostname === "gitpod.io" || window.location.hostname === "gitpod-staging.com";
     });
 };
 
diff --git a/components/dashboard/src/projects/InstallGitHubApp.tsx b/components/dashboard/src/projects/InstallGitHubApp.tsx
index 356110c32b0cf8..8f4ef8cd7becdb 100644
--- a/components/dashboard/src/projects/InstallGitHubApp.tsx
+++ b/components/dashboard/src/projects/InstallGitHubApp.tsx
@@ -4,64 +4,10 @@
  * See License.AGPL.txt in the project root for license information.
  */
 
-import { useLocation } from "react-router";
 import InfoBox from "../components/InfoBox";
-import Modal from "../components/Modal";
-import { Deferred } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/lib/util/deferred";
-import { getGitpodService, gitpodHostUrl } from "../service/service";
-import { useState } from "react";
-import { openAuthorizeWindow } from "../provider-utils";
-
-async function registerApp(installationId: string, setModal: (modal: "done" | string | undefined) => void) {
-    try {
-        await getGitpodService().server.registerGithubApp(installationId);
-
-        const result = new Deferred<void>(1000 * 60 * 10 /* 10 min */);
-
-        openAuthorizeWindow({
-            host: "github.com",
-            scopes: ["repo"],
-            onSuccess: () => {
-                setModal("done");
-                result.resolve();
-            },
-            onError: (payload) => {
-                let errorMessage: string;
-                if (typeof payload === "string") {
-                    errorMessage = payload;
-                } else {
-                    errorMessage = payload.description ? payload.description : `Error: ${payload.error}`;
-                }
-                setModal(errorMessage);
-            },
-        });
-
-        return result.promise;
-    } catch (e) {
-        setModal(e.message);
-    }
-}
+import { gitpodHostUrl } from "../service/service";
 
 export default function InstallGitHubApp() {
-    const location = useLocation();
-    const [modal, setModal] = useState<"done" | string | undefined>();
-    const params = new URLSearchParams(location.search);
-    const installationId = params.get("installation_id") || undefined;
-    if (!installationId) {
-        return (
-            <div className="app-container flex flex-col space-y-2">
-                <div className="px-6 py-3 flex justify-between space-x-2 text-gray-400 border-t border-gray-200 dark:border-gray-800 h-96">
-                    <div className="flex flex-col items-center w-96 m-auto">
-                        <h3 className="text-center pb-3 text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400">No Installation ID Found</h3>
-                        <div className="text-center pb-6 text-gray-500">
-                            Did you come here from the GitHub app's page?
-                        </div>
-                    </div>
-                </div>
-            </div>
-        );
-    }
-
     const goToApp = () => (window.location.href = gitpodHostUrl.toString());
 
     return (
@@ -69,53 +15,17 @@ export default function InstallGitHubApp() {
             <div className="app-container flex flex-col space-y-2">
                 <div className="px-6 py-3 flex justify-between space-x-2 text-gray-400">
                     <div className="flex flex-col items-center m-auto max-w-lg mt-40">
-                        <h3 className="text-center pb-3 text-gray-500">Install GitHub App</h3>
+                        <h3 className="text-center pb-3 text-gray-500">GitHub App 🌅</h3>
                         <div className="text-center pb-6 text-gray-500">
-                            You are about to install the GitHub app for Gitpod.
+                            You likely tried to install the GitHub App for Gitpod.
                         </div>
-                        <InfoBox>
-                            This action will also allow Gitpod to access private repositories. You can edit Git provider
-                            permissions later in user settings.
-                        </InfoBox>
+                        <InfoBox>Gitpod no longer requires to install the GitHub App on repositories.</InfoBox>
                         <div className="mt-6">
-                            <button className="secondary">Cancel</button>
-                            <button className="ml-2" onClick={() => registerApp(installationId, setModal)}>
-                                Install App
-                            </button>
+                            <button onClick={goToApp}>Go to Dashboard</button>
                         </div>
                     </div>
                 </div>
             </div>
-            <Modal
-                title="Installation Successful"
-                visible={modal === "done"}
-                onClose={goToApp}
-                buttons={<button onClick={goToApp}>Go to Dashboard</button>}
-            >
-                <div className="pb-6 text-gray-500">
-                    The GitHub app was installed successfully. Have a look at the{" "}
-                    <a className="text-blue-500" href="https://www.gitpod.io/docs/prebuilds/" rel="noopener">
-                        documentation
-                    </a>{" "}
-                    to find out how to configure it.
-                </div>
-            </Modal>
-            <Modal
-                title="Failed to Install"
-                visible={!!modal && modal !== "done"}
-                onClose={goToApp}
-                buttons={[
-                    <button className="secondary" onClick={goToApp}>
-                        Cancel
-                    </button>,
-                    <button className="" onClick={() => registerApp(installationId, setModal)}>
-                        Try Again
-                    </button>,
-                ]}
-            >
-                <div className="pb-6 text-gray-500">Could not install the GitHub app.</div>
-                <InfoBox>{modal}</InfoBox>
-            </Modal>
         </>
     );
 }
diff --git a/components/gitpod-protocol/src/gitpod-service.ts b/components/gitpod-protocol/src/gitpod-service.ts
index e01080b2553435..3b87b735371e34 100644
--- a/components/gitpod-protocol/src/gitpod-service.ts
+++ b/components/gitpod-protocol/src/gitpod-service.ts
@@ -211,7 +211,9 @@ export interface GitpodServer extends JsonRpcServer<GitpodClient>, AdminServer,
     deleteGitpodToken(tokenHash: string): Promise<void>;
 
     // misc
+    /** @deprecated always returns false */
     isGitHubAppEnabled(): Promise<boolean>;
+    /** @deprecated this is a no-op */
     registerGithubApp(installationId: string): Promise<void>;
 
     /**
diff --git a/components/server/src/workspace/gitpod-server-impl.ts b/components/server/src/workspace/gitpod-server-impl.ts
index 4ac6a1af8e1463..8f53aa44086df4 100644
--- a/components/server/src/workspace/gitpod-server-impl.ts
+++ b/components/server/src/workspace/gitpod-server-impl.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  */
 
 import {
-    AppInstallationDB,
     UserDB,
     WorkspaceDB,
     DBWithTracing,
@@ -223,8 +222,6 @@ export class GitpodServerImpl implements GitpodServerWithTracing, Disposable {
 
         @inject(LinkedInService) private readonly linkedInService: LinkedInService,
 
-        @inject(AppInstallationDB) private readonly appInstallationDB: AppInstallationDB,
-
         @inject(AuthProviderService) private readonly authProviderService: AuthProviderService,
 
         @inject(GitTokenScopeGuesser) private readonly gitTokenScopeGuesser: GitTokenScopeGuesser,
@@ -1725,24 +1722,10 @@ export class GitpodServerImpl implements GitpodServerWithTracing, Disposable {
     }
 
     async isGitHubAppEnabled(ctx: TraceContext): Promise<boolean> {
-        await this.checkAndBlockUser();
-        return !!this.config.githubApp?.enabled;
+        return false;
     }
 
-    async registerGithubApp(ctx: TraceContext, installationId: string): Promise<void> {
-        traceAPIParams(ctx, { installationId });
-
-        const user = await this.checkAndBlockUser();
-
-        if (!this.config.githubApp?.enabled) {
-            throw new ApplicationError(
-                ErrorCodes.NOT_FOUND,
-                "No GitHub app enabled for this installation. Please talk to your administrator.",
-            );
-        }
-
-        await this.appInstallationDB.recordNewInstallation("github", "user", installationId, user.id);
-    }
+    async registerGithubApp(ctx: TraceContext, installationId: string): Promise<void> {}
 
     async takeSnapshot(ctx: TraceContext, options: GitpodServer.TakeSnapshotOptions): Promise<string> {
         traceAPIParams(ctx, { options });