diff --git a/src/ui/index.js b/src/ui/index.js
index 7fba5eaef9ccc..2edcea8a305ae 100644
--- a/src/ui/index.js
+++ b/src/ui/index.js
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ export default async (kbnServer, server, config) => {
       buildSha: config.get('pkg.buildSha'),
       basePath: config.get('server.basePath'),
       serverName: config.get('server.name'),
+      devMode: config.get('env.dev'),
       uiSettings: {
         defaults: await server.uiSettings().getDefaults(),
         user: {}
diff --git a/src/ui/public/chrome/api/__tests__/angular.js b/src/ui/public/chrome/api/__tests__/angular.js
index 4f93d284a6924..1f79157a90dd7 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/chrome/api/__tests__/angular.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/chrome/api/__tests__/angular.js
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ describe('Chrome API :: Angular', () => {
         getInjected: noop,
         addBasePath: noop
       };
-      kbnAngular(chrome, {});
+      kbnAngular(chrome, {
+        devMode: true
+      });
     });
     it('should return breadcrumbs based on the url', () => {
     });
diff --git a/src/ui/public/chrome/api/angular.js b/src/ui/public/chrome/api/angular.js
index f70836eb28c5d..5755dafff9166 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/chrome/api/angular.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/chrome/api/angular.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import { UrlOverflowServiceProvider } from '../../error_url_overflow';
 const URL_LIMIT_WARN_WITHIN = 1000;
 
 module.exports = function (chrome, internals) {
-
   chrome.getFirstPathSegment = _.noop;
   chrome.getBreadcrumbs = _.noop;
 
@@ -33,6 +32,11 @@ module.exports = function (chrome, internals) {
       return a.href;
     }()))
     .config(chrome.$setupXsrfRequestInterceptor)
+    .config(['$compileProvider', function ($compileProvider) {
+      if (!internals.devMode) {
+        $compileProvider.debugInfoEnabled(false);
+      }
+    }])
     .run(($location, $rootScope, Private) => {
       chrome.getFirstPathSegment = () => {
         return $location.path().split('/')[1];
diff --git a/src/ui/public/chrome/chrome.js b/src/ui/public/chrome/chrome.js
index f60eb3b578b12..b0ff5bbe4a751 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/chrome/chrome.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/chrome/chrome.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const internals = _.defaults(
     rootTemplate: null,
     showAppsLink: null,
     xsrfToken: null,
+    devMode: true,
     brand: null,
     nav: [],
     applicationClasses: []
diff --git a/test/support/page_objects/common.js b/test/support/page_objects/common.js
index 34c8594fa10f4..60becb24663eb 100644
--- a/test/support/page_objects/common.js
+++ b/test/support/page_objects/common.js
@@ -110,21 +110,6 @@ export default class Common {
           self.debug('returned from get, calling refresh');
           return self.remote.refresh();
         })
-        .then(function () {
-          self.debug('check testStatusPage');
-          if (testStatusPage !== false) {
-            self.debug('self.checkForKibanaApp()');
-            return self.checkForKibanaApp()
-            .then(function (kibanaLoaded) {
-              self.debug('kibanaLoaded = ' + kibanaLoaded);
-              if (!kibanaLoaded) {
-                var msg = 'Kibana is not loaded, retrying';
-                self.debug(msg);
-                throw new Error(msg);
-              }
-            });
-          }
-        })
         .then(function () {
           return self.remote.getCurrentUrl();
         })
@@ -216,37 +201,6 @@ export default class Common {
     });
   }
 
-  getApp() {
-    var self = this;
-
-    return self.remote.setFindTimeout(defaultFindTimeout)
-    .findByCssSelector('.app-wrapper .application')
-    .then(function () {
-      return self.runScript(function () {
-        var $ = window.$;
-        var $scope = $('.app-wrapper .application').scope();
-        return $scope ? $scope.chrome.getApp() : {};
-      });
-    });
-  }
-
-  checkForKibanaApp() {
-    var self = this;
-
-    return self.getApp()
-    .then(function (app) {
-      var appId = app.id;
-      self.debug('current application: ' + appId);
-      return appId === 'kibana';
-    })
-    .catch(function (err) {
-      self.debug('kibana check failed');
-      self.debug(err);
-      // not on the kibana app...
-      return false;
-    });
-  }
-
   tryForTime(timeout, block) {
     return Try.tryForTime(timeout, block);
   }