diff --git a/services/src/main/resources/applications.json b/services/src/main/resources/applications.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca2f290d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/src/main/resources/applications.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+    "descriptors": [
+        {
+            "name": "Tasks",
+            "imagePath": "war:/../images/tasks.png",
+            "override": false,
+            "enabled": true,
+            "application": {
+                "title": "Tasks",
+                "description": "Tasks application",
+                "url": "./tasks",
+                "active": true,
+                "mandatory": false,
+                "mobile": true,
+                "permissions": [
+                    "*:/platform/users",
+                    "*:/platform/externals"
+                ]
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/webapps/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/configuration.xml b/webapps/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/configuration.xml
index 377c27cb8..a53d54c6d 100644
--- a/webapps/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/configuration.xml
+++ b/webapps/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/configuration.xml
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@
   <import>war:/conf/task-addon/spaces-templates-configuration.xml</import>
   <import>war:/conf/task-addon/ckeditor-configuration.xml</import>
 
-  <import profiles="app-center">war:/conf/task-addon/app-center-configuration.xml</import>
   <import profiles="analytics">war:/conf/task-addon/analytics-configuration.xml</import>
-
   <import profiles="gamification">war:/conf/task-addon/gamification-integration-configuration.xml</import>
 
 </configuration>
diff --git a/webapps/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/task-addon/app-center-configuration.xml b/webapps/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/task-addon/app-center-configuration.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d3e3cb139..000000000
--- a/webapps/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/task-addon/app-center-configuration.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +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_2.xsd http://www.exoplatform.org/xml/ns/kernel_1_2.xsd" xmlns="http://www.exoplatform.org/xml/ns/kernel_1_2.xsd">
-  <external-component-plugins>
-    <target-component>org.exoplatform.appcenter.service.ApplicationCenterService</target-component>
-    <component-plugin>
-      <name>Tasks</name>
-      <set-method>addApplicationPlugin</set-method>
-      <type>org.exoplatform.appcenter.plugin.ApplicationPlugin</type>
-      <init-params>
-        <value-param>
-          <name>imagePath</name>
-          <value>war:/../images/tasks.png</value>
-        </value-param>
-        <value-param>
-          <name>override</name>
-          <value>${exo.app-center.tasks.override:false}</value>
-        </value-param>
-        <value-param>
-          <name>override-mode</name>
-          <value>${exo.app-center.tasks.override-mode:merge}</value>
-        </value-param>
-        <object-param>
-          <name>application</name>
-          <description>description</description>
-          <object type="org.exoplatform.appcenter.dto.Application">
-            <field name="title">
-              <string>Tasks</string>
-            </field>
-            <field name="url">
-              <string>./tasks</string>
-            </field>
-            <field name="description">
-              <string>Tasks application</string>
-            </field>
-            <field name="permissions">
-              <collection type="java.util.ArrayList"
-                item-type="java.lang.String">
-                <value>
-                  <string>*:/platform/users</string>
-                </value>
-                <value>
-                  <string>*:/platform/externals</string>
-                </value>
-              </collection>
-            </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>