diff --git a/lib/server.js b/lib/server.js
index 572cf0234..ad62951f5 100644
--- a/lib/server.js
+++ b/lib/server.js
@@ -1251,8 +1251,6 @@ class WebServer {
             return this._indexHtml;
         }
         const text = fs.readFileSync(getRootPath() + 'index.html').toString('utf-8');
-        this._indexHtml = text;
-        return text;
         const lines = text.split('\n');
         const nLines = [];
         let template = false;
@@ -1275,7 +1273,9 @@ class WebServer {
                     hideScript.push('window.hassNoAuth = "NO_AUTH";');
                     hideScript.push('window.__tokenCache = {tokens: undefined, writeEnabled: false};');
                 }
-                nLines.push('<script>\n' + fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/../assets/index.js').toString('utf-8') + hideScript.join('\n') + '\n</script>');
+                nLines.push('<script>\n' + hideScript.join('\n') + '\n</script>');
+                //deprecated.
+                //nLines.push('<script>\n' + fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/../assets/index.js').toString('utf-8') + hideScript.join('\n') + '\n</script>');
             }
             if (template) {
                 continue;