diff --git a/src/apps/geoserver/gwc/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/gwc/app/GeoWebCacheApplicationTest.java b/src/apps/geoserver/gwc/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/gwc/app/GeoWebCacheApplicationTest.java
index af83b7a89..ea29252ce 100644
--- a/src/apps/geoserver/gwc/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/gwc/app/GeoWebCacheApplicationTest.java
+++ b/src/apps/geoserver/gwc/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/gwc/app/GeoWebCacheApplicationTest.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
 
 import org.geoserver.catalog.GeoServerCatalogTestData;
-import org.geoserver.gwc.controller.GwcUrlHandlerMapping;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -81,16 +80,6 @@ void testRESTPathExtensionContentNegotiation() {
         testGetRequestContentType("/gwc/rest/layers.xml", APPLICATION_XML);
     }
 
-    @Test
-    void testGwcUrlHandlerMappingArePresentInTheClasspath() {
-        assertThat(context.isTypeMatch("gwcDemoUrlHandlerMapping", GwcUrlHandlerMapping.class))
-                .as("expected a bean gwcDemoUrlHandlerMapping of type GwcUrlHandlerMapping")
-                .isTrue();
-        assertThat(context.isTypeMatch("gwcRestWebUrlHandlerMapping", GwcUrlHandlerMapping.class))
-                .as("expected a bean gwcRestWebUrlHandlerMapping of type GwcUrlHandlerMapping")
-                .isTrue();
-    }
-
     @Test
     void testGeneralGwcHome() {
         ResponseEntity<String> response = testGetRequestContentType("/gwc/home", TEXT_HTML);
diff --git a/src/gwc/autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/geoserver/cloud/autoconfigure/web/gwc/GeoWebCacheUIAutoConfiguration.java b/src/gwc/autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/geoserver/cloud/autoconfigure/web/gwc/GeoWebCacheUIAutoConfiguration.java
index c8849d58a..68e90e142 100644
--- a/src/gwc/autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/geoserver/cloud/autoconfigure/web/gwc/GeoWebCacheUIAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/gwc/autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/geoserver/cloud/autoconfigure/web/gwc/GeoWebCacheUIAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 import org.geoserver.cloud.autoconfigure.gwc.ConditionalOnWebUIEnabled;
 import org.geoserver.cloud.gwc.config.core.GeoWebCacheConfigurationProperties;
 import org.geoserver.cloud.virtualservice.VirtualServiceVerifier;
-import org.geoserver.gwc.controller.GwcUrlHandlerMapping;
-import org.geoserver.ows.Dispatcher;
 import org.geowebcache.GeoWebCacheDispatcher;
 import org.geowebcache.rest.controller.ByteStreamController;
 import org.gwc.web.rest.GeoWebCacheController;
@@ -33,10 +31,8 @@ public class GeoWebCacheUIAutoConfiguration {
 
     @Bean
     GeoWebCacheController gwcController(
-            Dispatcher geoserverDispatcher,
-            GeoWebCacheDispatcher geoWebCacheDispatcher,
-            VirtualServiceVerifier verifier) {
-        return new GeoWebCacheController(geoserverDispatcher, geoWebCacheDispatcher, verifier);
+            GeoWebCacheDispatcher geoWebCacheDispatcher, VirtualServiceVerifier verifier) {
+        return new GeoWebCacheController(geoWebCacheDispatcher, verifier);
     }
 
     /** ConditionalOnGeoWebCacheRestConfigEnabled} is disabled */
@@ -50,61 +46,4 @@ ByteStreamController byteStreamController() {
     VirtualServiceVerifier virtualServiceVerifier(@Qualifier("rawCatalog") Catalog catalog) {
         return new VirtualServiceVerifier(catalog);
     }
-
-    /**
-     * GS's src/web/gwc/src/main/java/applicationContext.xml
-     * <!-- Used for workspace-based demo requests so the requests to GS stay workspace-based -->
-     * <bean id="gwcDemoUrlHandlerMapping"
-     * class="org.geoserver.gwc.controller.GwcUrlHandlerMapping"> <constructor-arg ref="catalog" />
-     * <constructor-arg value="/gwc/demo"/> <property name="alwaysUseFullPath" value="true" />
-     * <property name="order" value="10" /> </bean>
-     * <!-- Used for workspace-based web requests (i.e. for rest/web/openlayer/ol.js) -->
-     * <bean id="gwcRestWebUrlHandlerMapping"
-     * class="org.geoserver.gwc.controller.GwcUrlHandlerMapping"> <constructor-arg ref="catalog" />
-     * <constructor-arg type="java.lang.String" value="/gwc/rest/web"/> <property
-     * name="alwaysUseFullPath" value="true" /> <property name="order" value="10" /> </bean>
-     */
-    @Bean
-    @Qualifier("gwcDemoUrlHandlerMapping")
-    GwcUrlHandlerMapping gwcDemoUrlHandlerMapping(@Qualifier("rawCatalog") Catalog catalog) {
-        GwcUrlHandlerMapping handler = new GwcUrlHandlerMapping(catalog, "/gwc/demo");
-        handler.setAlwaysUseFullPath(true);
-        handler.setOrder(10);
-
-        return handler;
-    }
-
-    /*
-    @Bean
-    WebMvcRegistrations gwcDemoUrlHandlerMappingRegistrations(
-            @Qualifier("gwcDemoUrlHandlerMapping") GwcUrlHandlerMapping handler) {
-        return new WebMvcRegistrations() {
-            @Override
-            public RequestMappingHandlerMapping getRequestMappingHandlerMapping() {
-                return handler;
-            }
-        };
-    }*/
-
-    @Bean
-    @Qualifier("gwcRestWebUrlHandlerMapping")
-    GwcUrlHandlerMapping gwcRestWebUrlHandlerMapping(@Qualifier("rawCatalog") Catalog catalog) {
-        GwcUrlHandlerMapping handler = new GwcUrlHandlerMapping(catalog, "/gwc/rest/web");
-        handler.setAlwaysUseFullPath(true);
-        handler.setOrder(10);
-
-        return handler;
-    }
-
-    /*
-    @Bean
-    WebMvcRegistrations gwcRestWebUrlHandlerMappingRegistrations(
-            @Qualifier("gwcRestWebUrlHandlerMapping") GwcUrlHandlerMapping handler) {
-        return new WebMvcRegistrations() {
-            @Override
-            public RequestMappingHandlerMapping getRequestMappingHandlerMapping() {
-                return handler;
-            }
-        };
-    }*/
 }
diff --git a/src/gwc/autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/autoconfigure/gwc/web/gwc/GeoWebCacheUIAutoConfigurationTest.java b/src/gwc/autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/autoconfigure/gwc/web/gwc/GeoWebCacheUIAutoConfigurationTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 95e48578e..000000000
--- a/src/gwc/autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/autoconfigure/gwc/web/gwc/GeoWebCacheUIAutoConfigurationTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * (c) 2024 Open Source Geospatial Foundation - all rights reserved This code is licensed under the
- * GPL 2.0 license, available at the root application directory.
- */
-package org.geoserver.cloud.autoconfigure.gwc.web.gwc;
-
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
-
-import org.geoserver.cloud.autoconfigure.gwc.GeoWebCacheContextRunner;
-import org.geoserver.cloud.autoconfigure.web.gwc.GeoWebCacheUIAutoConfiguration;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigurations;
-import org.springframework.boot.test.context.runner.WebApplicationContextRunner;
-
-import java.io.File;
-
-public class GeoWebCacheUIAutoConfigurationTest {
-
-    WebApplicationContextRunner runner;
-
-    @TempDir File tmpDir;
-
-    @BeforeEach
-    void setUp() throws Exception {
-        runner =
-                GeoWebCacheContextRunner.newMinimalGeoWebCacheContextRunner(tmpDir)
-                        .withPropertyValues("gwc.web-ui=true")
-                        .withConfiguration(
-                                AutoConfigurations.of(GeoWebCacheUIAutoConfiguration.class));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void beansForLocalWorkspacePathsHandlingArePresent() {
-        runner.run(
-                context -> {
-                    assertNotNull(context.getBean("gwcDemoUrlHandlerMapping"));
-                    assertNotNull(context.getBean("gwcRestWebUrlHandlerMapping"));
-                });
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/gwc/services/src/main/java/org/gwc/web/rest/GeoWebCacheController.java b/src/gwc/services/src/main/java/org/gwc/web/rest/GeoWebCacheController.java
index a1f03d242..49b2d8a8b 100644
--- a/src/gwc/services/src/main/java/org/gwc/web/rest/GeoWebCacheController.java
+++ b/src/gwc/services/src/main/java/org/gwc/web/rest/GeoWebCacheController.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 import org.geoserver.cloud.virtualservice.VirtualServiceVerifier;
 import org.geoserver.gwc.dispatch.GeoServerGWCDispatcherController;
-import org.geoserver.ows.Dispatcher;
 import org.geowebcache.GeoWebCacheDispatcher;
 import org.geowebcache.controller.GeoWebCacheDispatcherController;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
@@ -29,9 +28,6 @@
 @Controller
 @RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class GeoWebCacheController {
-
-    private final @NonNull Dispatcher geoserverDispatcher;
-
     private final @NonNull GeoWebCacheDispatcher geoWebCacheDispatcher;
 
     private final @NonNull VirtualServiceVerifier virtualServiceVerifier;