diff --git a/lib/core/src/lib/api-factories/alfresco-api-service-with-angular-based-http-client.ts b/lib/core/src/lib/api-factories/alfresco-api-service-with-angular-based-http-client.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e1328686da..0000000000
--- a/lib/core/src/lib/api-factories/alfresco-api-service-with-angular-based-http-client.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-/*!
- * @license
- * Copyright 2019 Alfresco Software, Ltd.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import { AlfrescoApiHttpClient } from '@alfresco/adf-core/api';
-import { StorageService } from '../common/services/storage.service';
-import { AlfrescoApi, AlfrescoApiConfig } from '@alfresco/js-api';
-import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
-import { AppConfigService } from '../app-config';
-import { AlfrescoApiService } from '../services/alfresco-api.service';
-
-@Injectable()
-export class AlfrescoApiServiceWithAngularBasedHttpClient extends AlfrescoApiService {
-    constructor(
-        storage: StorageService,
-        appConfig: AppConfigService,
-        private readonly alfrescoApiHttpClient: AlfrescoApiHttpClient
-    ) {
-        super(appConfig, storage);
-    }
-
-    override createInstance(config: AlfrescoApiConfig) {
-        return new AlfrescoApi(config, this.alfrescoApiHttpClient);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/lib/core/src/lib/core.module.ts b/lib/core/src/lib/core.module.ts
index 3f366e4266..3fca43d0bd 100644
--- a/lib/core/src/lib/core.module.ts
+++ b/lib/core/src/lib/core.module.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ import { BlankPageModule } from './blank-page/blank-page.module';
 import { DirectiveModule } from './directives/directive.module';
 import { PipeModule } from './pipes/pipe.module';
 
-import { AlfrescoApiService } from './services/alfresco-api.service';
 import { TranslationService } from './translation/translation.service';
 import { SortingPickerModule } from './sorting-picker/sorting-picker.module';
 import { IconModule } from './icon/icon.module';
@@ -66,13 +65,6 @@ import { loadAppConfig } from './app-config/app-config.loader';
 import { AppConfigService } from './app-config/app-config.service';
 import { StorageService } from './common/services/storage.service';
 import { AlfrescoApiLoaderService, createAlfrescoApiInstance } from './api-factories/alfresco-api-v2-loader.service';
-import { AlfrescoApiServiceWithAngularBasedHttpClient } from './api-factories/alfresco-api-service-with-angular-based-http-client';
-
-interface Config {
-    readonly useAngularBasedHttpClientInAlfrescoJs: boolean;
-}
-
-const defaultConfig: Config = { useAngularBasedHttpClientInAlfrescoJs: false };
 
 @NgModule({
     imports: [
@@ -150,7 +142,7 @@ const defaultConfig: Config = { useAngularBasedHttpClientInAlfrescoJs: false };
     ]
 })
 export class CoreModule {
-    static forRoot(config: Config = defaultConfig): ModuleWithProviders<CoreModule> {
+    static forRoot(): ModuleWithProviders<CoreModule> {
         return {
             ngModule: CoreModule,
             providers: [
@@ -182,11 +174,7 @@ export class CoreModule {
                     deps: [ AlfrescoApiLoaderService ],
                     multi: true
                 },
-                { provide: HTTP_INTERCEPTORS, useClass: AuthBearerInterceptor, multi: true },
-                ...(config.useAngularBasedHttpClientInAlfrescoJs
-                    ? [{ provide: AlfrescoApiService, useClass: AlfrescoApiServiceWithAngularBasedHttpClient }]
-                    : []
-                )
+                { provide: HTTP_INTERCEPTORS, useClass: AuthBearerInterceptor, multi: true }
             ]
         };
     }