diff --git a/manifest-api-base.yml b/manifest-api-base.yml
index 28cf8a8cd..b3c874f91 100644
--- a/manifest-api-base.yml
+++ b/manifest-api-base.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 
 buildpack: python_buildpack
-command: scripts/run_app_paas.sh gunicorn -c /home/vcap/app/gunicorn_config.py --error-logfile /home/vcap/logs/gunicorn_error.log -w 5 -b 0.0.0.0:$PORT wsgi
+command: scripts/run_app_paas.sh gunicorn -c /home/vcap/app/gunicorn_config.py --error-logfile /home/vcap/logs/gunicorn_error.log -w 5 -b 0.0.0.0:$PORT application
 services:
   - notify-aws
   - notify-config
diff --git a/wsgi.py b/wsgi.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 9fbeb28ac..000000000
--- a/wsgi.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-from app import create_app
-
-
-application = create_app()
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    application.run()