diff --git a/analytics-api/pom.xml b/analytics-api/pom.xml
index cefd57f8c..16be53b41 100644
--- a/analytics-api/pom.xml
+++ b/analytics-api/pom.xml
@@ -52,37 +52,5 @@
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <finalName>analytics-api</finalName>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>com.jcabi</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jcabi-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
-        <artifactId>lombok-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>delombok</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <sourceDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
-              <addOutputDirectory>false</addOutputDirectory>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <!-- we need to overide the enforcer rules here because lombok doesn't match it -->
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>check-java-compat</id>
-            <phase>none</phase>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/analytics-services/src/main/resources/applications.json b/analytics-services/src/main/resources/applications.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a6f3f294c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/analytics-services/src/main/resources/applications.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+    "descriptors": [
+        {
+            "name": "Analytics",
+            "imagePath": "war:/../skin/images/analytics.png",
+            "overrideMode": "merge",
+            "override": false,
+            "enabled": true,
+            "application": {
+                "title": "Analytics",
+                "description": "Analytics applications",
+                "url": "./analytics",
+                "system": true,
+                "active": true,
+                "mandatory": false,
+                "mobile": true,
+                "permissions": [
+                    "*:/platform/administrators",
+                    "*:/platform/analytics"
+                ]
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/analytics-webapps/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/analytics/app-center-configuration.xml b/analytics-webapps/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/analytics/app-center-configuration.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 23c00bb41..000000000
--- a/analytics-webapps/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/analytics/app-center-configuration.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  This file is part of the Meeds project (https://meeds.io/).
-  Copyright (C) 2022 Meeds Association
-  contact@meeds.io
-  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-  version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-  Lesser General Public License for more details.
-  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
-  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
-  Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
--->
-<configuration xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.exoplatform.org/xml/ns/kernel_1_3.xsd http://www.exoplatform.org/xml/ns/kernel_1_3.xsd" xmlns="http://www.exoplatform.org/xml/ns/kernel_1_3.xsd">
-  <external-component-plugins profiles="app-center">
-    <target-component>org.exoplatform.appcenter.service.ApplicationCenterService</target-component>
-    <component-plugin>
-      <name>Analytics</name>
-      <set-method>addApplicationPlugin</set-method>
-      <type>org.exoplatform.appcenter.plugin.ApplicationPlugin</type>
-      <init-params>
-        <value-param>
-          <name>imagePath</name>
-          <value>war:/../skin/images/analytics.png</value>
-        </value-param>
-        <value-param>
-          <name>override</name>
-          <value>${exo.app-center.analytics.override:false}</value>
-        </value-param>
-        <object-param>
-          <name>application</name>
-          <description>description</description>
-          <object type="org.exoplatform.appcenter.dto.Application">
-            <field name="title">
-              <string>Analytics</string>
-            </field>
-            <field name="url">
-              <string>./analytics</string>
-            </field>
-            <field name="description">
-              <string>Analytics applications</string>
-            </field>
-            <field name="permissions">
-              <collection type="java.util.ArrayList" item-type="java.lang.String">
-                <value>
-                  <string>*:/platform/analytics</string>
-                </value>
-        				<value>
-                  <string>*:/platform/administrators</string>
-                </value>
-              </collection>
-            </field>
-            <field name="system">
-              <boolean>true</boolean>
-            </field>
-            <field name="active">
-              <boolean>true</boolean>
-            </field>
-            <field name="isMobile">
-              <boolean>true</boolean>
-            </field>
-          </object>
-        </object-param>
-      </init-params>
-    </component-plugin>
-  </external-component-plugins>
-</configuration>
diff --git a/analytics-webapps/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/configuration.xml b/analytics-webapps/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/configuration.xml
index e24782ec5..e54973452 100644
--- a/analytics-webapps/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/configuration.xml
+++ b/analytics-webapps/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/configuration.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,5 @@
   <import>war:/conf/analytics/organization-configuration.xml</import>
   <import>war:/conf/analytics/cache-configuration.xml</import>
   <import>war:/conf/analytics/dynamic-container-configuration.xml</import>
-  <import>war:/conf/analytics/app-center-configuration.xml</import>
 
 </configuration>