diff --git a/api-server/pm2Start.js b/api-server/pm2Start.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b948aaec63..0000000000
--- a/api-server/pm2Start.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-require('dotenv').load();
-const pm2 = require('pm2');
-
-const instances = process.env.INSTANCES || 1;
-const serverName = process.env.SERVER_NAME || 'server';
-const maxMemory = process.env.MAX_MEMORY || '390M';
-
-pm2.connect(function() {
-  pm2.start({
-    name: serverName,
-    script: 'server/production-start.js',
-    exec_mode: 'cluster',
-    instances: instances,
-    max_memory_restart: maxMemory,
-    NODE_ENV: 'production'
-  }, function() {
-    console.log(
-      'pm2 started %s with %s instances at %s max memory',
-      serverName,
-      instances,
-      maxMemory
-    );
-    pm2.disconnect();
-  });
-});
diff --git a/api-server/server/services/challenge.js b/api-server/server/services/challenge.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b5fd2d9eba..0000000000
--- a/api-server/server/services/challenge.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-import debug from 'debug';
-import { pickBy } from 'lodash';
-import { Observable } from 'rx';
-
-import { cachedMap, getChallenge } from '../utils/map';
-import { shapeChallenges } from '../../common/app/redux/utils';
-
-const log = debug('fcc:services:challenge');
-const isDev = debug.enabled('fcc:*');
-
-export default function getChallengesForBlock(app) {
-  const challengeMap = cachedMap(app.models);
-  return {
-    name: 'challenge',
-    read: function readChallengesForBlock(
-      req,
-      resource,
-      { dashedName, blockName} = {},
-      config,
-      cb
-    ) {
-      const getChallengeBlock$ = challengeMap
-        .flatMap(({
-          result: { superBlocks },
-          entities: {
-            block: fullBlockMap,
-            challenge: challengeMap
-          }
-        }) => {
-          log(`sourcing challenges for the ${blockName} block`);
-          const requestedChallenges = pickBy(
-            challengeMap,
-            ch => ch.block === blockName
-          );
-          const entities = {
-            block: {
-              [blockName]: fullBlockMap[blockName]
-            },
-            challenge: requestedChallenges
-          };
-          const { challenge, block } = shapeChallenges(entities, isDev);
-          return Observable.of({
-            result: { superBlocks },
-            entities: { challenge, block }
-          });
-        });
-      return Observable.if(
-        () => !!dashedName,
-        getChallenge(dashedName, blockName, challengeMap, 'en'),
-        getChallengeBlock$
-      )
-        .subscribe(
-          result => cb(null, result),
-          cb
-        );
-    }
-  };
-}
diff --git a/api-server/server/services/mapUi.js b/api-server/server/services/mapUi.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e3a309cc7e..0000000000
--- a/api-server/server/services/mapUi.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-import debug from 'debug';
-import { Observable } from 'rx';
-
-import { cachedMap } from '../utils/map';
-
-const log = debug('fcc:services:mapUi');
-
-
-export default function mapUiService(app) {
-  const challengeMap = cachedMap(app.models);
-  return {
-    name: 'map-ui',
-    read: function readMapUi(req, resource, _, config, cb) {
-      return challengeMap
-        .flatMap(({
-          result: { superBlocks },
-          entities: {
-            superBlock: fullSuperBlockMap,
-            block: fullBlockMap,
-            challenge: fullChallengeMap
-          }
-        }) => {
-          const superBlockMap = superBlocks
-            .map(superBlock => fullSuperBlockMap[superBlock])
-            .reduce((map, { dashedName, blocks, title }) => {
-              map[dashedName] = { blocks, title, dashedName};
-              return map;
-            }, {});
-          const blockMap = Object.keys(fullBlockMap)
-            .map(block => fullBlockMap[block])
-            .reduce(
-              (map, { dashedName, title, time, challenges, superBlock }) => {
-                map[dashedName] = {
-                  dashedName,
-                  title,
-                  time,
-                  challenges,
-                  superBlock
-                };
-                return map;
-              },
-              {}
-            );
-          const challengeMap = Object.keys(fullChallengeMap)
-            .map(challenge => fullChallengeMap[challenge])
-            .reduce((map, challenge) => {
-              const {
-                dashedName,
-                id,
-                title,
-                name,
-                block,
-                isLocked,
-                isComingSoon,
-                isBeta,
-                challengeType
-              } = challenge;
-              map[dashedName] = {
-                dashedName,
-                id,
-                title,
-                name,
-                block,
-                isLocked,
-                isComingSoon,
-                isBeta,
-                challengeType
-              };
-              return map;
-            }, {});
-          const mapUi = {
-            result: { superBlocks },
-            entities: {
-              superBlock: superBlockMap,
-              block: blockMap,
-              challenge: challengeMap
-            }
-          };
-          return Observable.of(mapUi);
-        }).subscribe(
-          mapUi => cb(null, mapUi ),
-          err => { log(err); return cb(err); }
-        );
-    }
-  };
-}
diff --git a/api-server/server/services/user.js b/api-server/server/services/user.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 360c4e2776..0000000000
--- a/api-server/server/services/user.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-/**
- *
- * Any ref to fixCompletedChallengesItem should be removed post
- * a db migration to fix all completedChallenges
- *
- */
-
-import { Observable } from 'rx';
-import _ from 'lodash';
-
-import {
-  getProgress,
-  normaliseUserFields,
-  userPropsForSession
-} from '../utils/publicUserProps';
-import { fixCompletedChallengeItem } from '../../common/utils';
-
-export default function userServices() {
-  return {
-    name: 'user',
-    read: function readUserService(
-      req,
-      resource,
-      params,
-      config,
-      cb) {
-      const queryUser = req.user;
-      const source = queryUser && Observable.forkJoin(
-        queryUser.getCompletedChallenges$(),
-        queryUser.getPoints$(),
-        (completedChallenges, progressTimestamps) => ({
-          completedChallenges,
-          progress: getProgress(progressTimestamps, queryUser.timezone)
-        })
-      );
-      Observable.if(
-        () => !queryUser,
-        Observable.of({}),
-        Observable.defer(() => source)
-          .map(({ completedChallenges, progress }) => ({
-            ...queryUser.toJSON(),
-            ...progress,
-            completedChallenges: completedChallenges.map(
-              fixCompletedChallengeItem
-            )
-          }))
-          .map(
-            user => ({
-              entities: {
-                user: {
-                  [user.username]: {
-                    ..._.pick(user, userPropsForSession),
-                    isEmailVerified: !!user.emailVerified,
-                    isGithub: !!user.githubProfile,
-                    isLinkedIn: !!user.linkedin,
-                    isTwitter: !!user.twitter,
-                    isWebsite: !!user.website,
-                    ...normaliseUserFields(user)
-                  }
-                }
-              },
-              result: user.username
-            })
-          )
-      )
-        .subscribe(
-          user => cb(null, user),
-          cb
-        );
-    }
-  };
-}