diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1707af6..0f8a3ca 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ install-sysvinit: install-init
 	install vm-init.d/qubes-firewall $(DESTDIR)/etc/init.d/
 	install vm-init.d/qubes-qrexec-agent $(DESTDIR)/etc/init.d/
 	install vm-init.d/qubes-updates-proxy $(DESTDIR)/etc/init.d/
-	install vm-init.d/qubes-dvm $(DESTDIR)/etc/init.d/
 	install vm-init.d/qubes-updates-proxy-forwarder $(DESTDIR)/etc/init.d/
 	install -D vm-init.d/qubes-core.modules $(DESTDIR)/etc/sysconfig/modules/qubes-core.modules
 	install -D vm-init.d/qubes-misc.modules $(DESTDIR)/etc/sysconfig/modules/qubes-misc.modules
@@ -205,7 +204,6 @@ install-common:
 	install -g user -m 2775 -d $(DESTDIR)/var/lib/qubes/dom0-updates
 	install -D -m 0644 misc/qubes-master-key.asc $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/qubes/qubes-master-key.asc
 
-	install misc/dispvm-prerun.sh $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/qubes/dispvm-prerun.sh
 	install misc/close-window $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/qubes/close-window
 
 	install misc/upgrades-installed-check $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/qubes/upgrades-installed-check
@@ -303,7 +301,6 @@ endif
 
 
 	install -d $(DESTDIR)/var/run/qubes
-	install -d $(DESTDIR)/home_volatile/user
 	install -d $(DESTDIR)/rw
 
 install-deb: install-common install-systemd install-systemd-dropins
diff --git a/archlinux/PKGBUILD.install b/archlinux/PKGBUILD.install
index e0f200c..51823a7 100644
--- a/archlinux/PKGBUILD.install
+++ b/archlinux/PKGBUILD.install
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ post_remove() {
 
     rm -rf /var/lib/qubes/xdg
 
-    for srv in qubes-dvm qubes-sysinit qubes-misc-post qubes-mount-dirs qubes-network qubes-qrexec-agent; do
+    for srv in qubes-sysinit qubes-misc-post qubes-mount-dirs qubes-network qubes-qrexec-agent; do
         systemctl disable $srv.service
     done
     
diff --git a/debian/qubes-core-agent.install b/debian/qubes-core-agent.install
index d72c3c9..26d83cf 100644
--- a/debian/qubes-core-agent.install
+++ b/debian/qubes-core-agent.install
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ lib/systemd/system/netfilter-persistent.service.d/30_qubes.conf
 lib/systemd/system/org.cups.cupsd.path.d/30_qubes.conf
 lib/systemd/system/org.cups.cupsd.service.d/30_qubes.conf
 lib/systemd/system/org.cups.cupsd.socket.d/30_qubes.conf
-lib/systemd/system/qubes-dvm.service
 lib/systemd/system/qubes-early-vm-config.service
 lib/systemd/system/qubes-misc-post.service
 lib/systemd/system/qubes-mount-dirs.service
@@ -95,18 +94,15 @@ usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/qubesagent-*.egg-info/*
 usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/qubesagent/*
 usr/lib/qubes-bind-dirs.d/30_cron.conf
 usr/lib/qubes/close-window
-usr/lib/qubes/dispvm-prerun.sh
 usr/lib/qubes/init/bind-dirs.sh
 usr/lib/qubes/init/control-printer-icon.sh
 usr/lib/qubes/init/functions
 usr/lib/qubes/init/misc-post-stop.sh
 usr/lib/qubes/init/misc-post.sh
 usr/lib/qubes/init/mount-dirs.sh
-usr/lib/qubes/init/prepare-dvm.sh
 usr/lib/qubes/init/qubes-early-vm-config.sh
 usr/lib/qubes/init/qubes-random-seed.sh
 usr/lib/qubes/init/qubes-sysinit.sh
-usr/lib/qubes/init/setup-dvm-home.sh
 usr/lib/qubes/init/setup-rw.sh
 usr/lib/qubes/init/setup-rwdev.sh
 usr/lib/qubes/prepare-suspend
diff --git a/debian/qubes-core-agent.postinst b/debian/qubes-core-agent.postinst
index bfd60c6..d5bfd62 100755
--- a/debian/qubes-core-agent.postinst
+++ b/debian/qubes-core-agent.postinst
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ case "${1}" in
                 sed -i "/^127\.0\.0\.1\s/,+0s/\(\s`hostname`\)\+\(\s\|$\)/\2/g" /etc/hosts || true
             fi
 
-            chown user:user /home_volatile/user
-
             # Set default "runlevel"
             rm -f /etc/systemd/system/default.target
             ln -s /lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target
diff --git a/debian/qubes-core-agent.postrm b/debian/qubes-core-agent.postrm
index c18702d..c691a52 100755
--- a/debian/qubes-core-agent.postrm
+++ b/debian/qubes-core-agent.postrm
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ if [ "${1}" = "remove" ] ; then
         rm /lib/firmware/updates
     fi
 
-    for srv in qubes-dvm qubes-sysinit qubes-misc-post qubes-network qubes-qrexec-agent; do
+    for srv in qubes-sysinit qubes-misc-post qubes-network qubes-qrexec-agent; do
         systemctl disable ${srv}.service
     done
 fi
diff --git a/init/setup-dvm-home.sh b/init/setup-dvm-home.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 6b45d32..0000000
--- a/init/setup-dvm-home.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Source Qubes library.
-. /usr/lib/qubes/init/functions
-
-echo "Setting up DVM home" >&2
-
-touch /etc/this-is-dvm
-
-# If the user has customized DispVM settings, use its home instead of default skel
-[ -e /home_volatile/user/.qubes-dispvm-customized ] && already_customized=yes || already_customized=no
-[ -e /rw/home/user/.qubes-dispvm-customized ] && wants_customization=yes || wants_customization=no
-if [ "$wants_customization" = "yes" ] ; then
-    if [ "$already_customized" = "no" ] ; then
-        echo "Customizing /home from /rw/home/user" >&2
-        rm -rf /home_volatile/user
-        cp -af /rw/home/user /home_volatile/user
-        chown -R user.user /home_volatile/user
-    fi
-else
-    initialize_home "/home_volatile" unconditionally
-fi
diff --git a/misc/dispvm-prerun.sh b/misc/dispvm-prerun.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 9273ece..0000000
--- a/misc/dispvm-prerun.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# This script must be run as the `user` user.
-# It is customarily launched from prepare-dvm.sh.
-
-# At this point, the DispVM home directory customizations
-# undertaken by mount-dirs.sh have taken place.
-# We know this because dispvm-prerun.sh executes after
-# local-fs.target, and mount-dirs.sh runs before it.
-
-me=$( basename "$0" )
-apps="/usr/libexec/evinced"
-
-echo "$me started." >&2
-
-for app in $apps ; do
-    echo "Launching $app" >&2
-    $app &
-done
-
-echo "Waiting for I/O to quiesce" >&2
-PREV_IO=0
-while true; do
-	IO=`vmstat -D | awk '/read|write/ {IOs+=$1} END {print IOs}'`
-	if [ $IO -lt $(( $PREV_IO + 50 )) ]; then
-		break;
-	fi
-	PREV_IO=$IO
-	sleep 2
-done
-
-echo "Closing windows" >&2
-/usr/lib/qubes/close-window `xwininfo -root -children|tail -n +7 |awk '{print $1}'`
-sleep 1
-fuser -vkm /rw
-
-echo "$me finished." >&2
diff --git a/rpm_spec/core-agent.spec b/rpm_spec/core-agent.spec
index 96490f6..2e7f9f6 100644
--- a/rpm_spec/core-agent.spec
+++ b/rpm_spec/core-agent.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #
 #
 
-%define qubes_services qubes-core qubes-core-netvm qubes-core-early qubes-firewall qubes-iptables qubes-updates-proxy qubes-qrexec-agent qubes-dvm qubes-updates-proxy-forwarder
+%define qubes_services qubes-core qubes-core-netvm qubes-core-early qubes-firewall qubes-iptables qubes-updates-proxy qubes-qrexec-agent qubes-updates-proxy-forwarder
 %define qubes_preset_file 75-qubes-vm.preset
 
 %{!?version: %define version %(cat version)}
@@ -126,8 +126,6 @@ Requires:   qubes-utils >= 3.1.3
 Requires:   initscripts
 Requires:   gawk
 Requires:   sed
-# for dispvm-prerun.sh
-Requires:   procps-ng
 Requires:   util-linux
 # for qubes-desktop-run
 Requires:   pygobject3-base
@@ -513,7 +511,6 @@ rm -f %{name}-%{version}
 /usr/bin/qubes-session-autostart
 %dir /usr/lib/qubes
 /usr/lib/qubes/vusb-ctl.py*
-/usr/lib/qubes/dispvm-prerun.sh
 /usr/lib/qubes/sync-ntp-clock
 /usr/lib/qubes/prepare-suspend
 /usr/lib/qubes/qrexec-agent
@@ -543,11 +540,9 @@ rm -f %{name}-%{version}
 /usr/lib/qubes/init/misc-post-stop.sh
 /usr/lib/qubes/init/misc-post.sh
 /usr/lib/qubes/init/mount-dirs.sh
-/usr/lib/qubes/init/prepare-dvm.sh
 /usr/lib/qubes/init/qubes-early-vm-config.sh
 /usr/lib/qubes/init/qubes-random-seed.sh
 /usr/lib/qubes/init/qubes-sysinit.sh
-/usr/lib/qubes/init/setup-dvm-home.sh
 /usr/lib/qubes/init/setup-rw.sh
 /usr/lib/qubes/init/setup-rwdev.sh
 /usr/lib/qubes/init/functions
@@ -569,8 +564,6 @@ rm -f %{name}-%{version}
 
 /usr/share/qubes/mime-override/globs
 /usr/share/qubes/qubes-master-key.asc
-%dir /home_volatile
-%attr(700,user,user) /home_volatile/user
 %dir /mnt/removable
 %dir /rw
 
@@ -641,7 +634,6 @@ The Qubes core startup configuration for SysV init (or upstart).
 /etc/init.d/qubes-sysinit
 /etc/init.d/qubes-core-early
 /etc/init.d/qubes-core
-/etc/init.d/qubes-dvm
 /etc/init.d/qubes-core-netvm
 /etc/init.d/qubes-firewall
 /etc/init.d/qubes-iptables
@@ -712,7 +704,6 @@ The Qubes core startup configuration for SystemD init.
 
 %files systemd
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
-/lib/systemd/system/qubes-dvm.service
 /lib/systemd/system/qubes-misc-post.service
 /lib/systemd/system/qubes-mount-dirs.service
 /lib/systemd/system/qubes-sysinit.service
diff --git a/vm-init.d/qubes-dvm b/vm-init.d/qubes-dvm
deleted file mode 100755
index f93635c..0000000
--- a/vm-init.d/qubes-dvm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# chkconfig: 345 91 91
-# description: Executes Qubes core scripts at AppVM boot
-#
-# This must run after GUI agent has started.  Hence 91.
-#
-# Source function library.
-. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
-
-# Source Qubes library.
-. /usr/lib/qubes/init/functions
-
-start()
-{
-	have_qubesdb || return
-
-	if qsvc qubes-dvm; then
-		echo -n $"Preparing Qubes DVM:"
-		/usr/lib/qubes/init/prepare-dvm.sh && success || failure
-		echo
-	fi
-}
-
-stop()
-{
-	return 0
-}
-
-case "$1" in
-  start)
-	start
-	;;
-  stop)
-	stop
-	;;
-  *)
-	echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
-	exit 3
-	;;
-esac
-
-exit $RETVAL
diff --git a/vm-systemd/75-qubes-vm.preset b/vm-systemd/75-qubes-vm.preset
index b6850bd..6f32bc7 100644
--- a/vm-systemd/75-qubes-vm.preset
+++ b/vm-systemd/75-qubes-vm.preset
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ enable qubes-gui-agent.service
 enable qubes-update-check.timer
 enable qubes-misc-post.service
 enable qubes-updates-proxy.service
-enable qubes-dvm.service
 enable qubes-network.service
 enable qubes-qrexec-agent.service
 enable qubes-mount-dirs.service
diff --git a/vm-systemd/misc-post-stop.sh b/vm-systemd/misc-post-stop.sh
index 399a41f..3d62be5 100755
--- a/vm-systemd/misc-post-stop.sh
+++ b/vm-systemd/misc-post-stop.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,4 @@
 
 # Save default applications for DispVM
 
-su -c 'mkdir -p /home_volatile/user/.local/share/applications' user
-su -c 'cp -a /usr/share/applications/defaults.list /home_volatile/user/.local/share/applications/' user
-if [ -r '/home/user/.local/share/applications/defaults.list' ]; then
-    su -c 'cat /home/user/.local/share/applications/defaults.list >> /home_volatile/user/.local/share/applications/defaults.list' user
-fi
-
 exit 0
diff --git a/vm-systemd/mount-dirs.sh b/vm-systemd/mount-dirs.sh
index 9aad2c9..70bf705 100755
--- a/vm-systemd/mount-dirs.sh
+++ b/vm-systemd/mount-dirs.sh
@@ -9,15 +9,9 @@ set -e
 if [ -e /dev/xvdb ] ; then mount /rw ; fi
 /usr/lib/qubes/init/setup-rw.sh
 
-if qsvc qubes-dvm; then
-    /usr/lib/qubes/init/setup-dvm-home.sh
-    echo "Mounting /home_volatile onto /home" >&2
-    mount --bind /home_volatile /home
-else
-    initialize_home "/rw/home" ifneeded
-    echo "Mounting /rw/home onto /home" >&2
-    mount /home
-    # https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1328#issuecomment-169483029
-    # Do none of the following in a DispVM.
-    /usr/lib/qubes/init/bind-dirs.sh
-fi
+initialize_home "/rw/home" ifneeded
+echo "Mounting /rw/home onto /home" >&2
+mount /home
+# https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1328#issuecomment-169483029
+# Do none of the following in a DispVM.
+/usr/lib/qubes/init/bind-dirs.sh
diff --git a/vm-systemd/prepare-dvm.sh b/vm-systemd/prepare-dvm.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 48f25f9..0000000
--- a/vm-systemd/prepare-dvm.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Source Qubes library.
-. /usr/lib/qubes/init/functions
-
-set -e
-
-echo "Waiting for user session to quiesce." >&2
-echo user | /bin/sh /etc/qubes-rpc/qubes.WaitForSession || :
-
-echo "Possibly running save script." >&2
-possibly_run_save_script
-
-echo "Unmounting /rw filesystem." >&2
-umount_retry /rw || echo "Giving up and proceeding.  Warning: this may not work." >&2
-
-dmesg -C
-qubesdb-watch /qubes-restore-complete &
-watch_pid=$!
-free | grep Mem: |
-    (read label total used free shared buffers cached; qubesdb-write /qubes-used-mem $(( $used + $cached )) )
-
-# we're still running in DispVM template
-echo "Waiting for restore signal." >&2
-qubesdb-read /qubes-restore-complete >/dev/null || wait $watch_pid
-echo "Restore complete." >&2
-
-# Reload random seed
-echo "Reloading random seed." >&2
-reload_random_seed
diff --git a/vm-systemd/qubes-dvm.service b/vm-systemd/qubes-dvm.service
deleted file mode 100644
index f791341..0000000
--- a/vm-systemd/qubes-dvm.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=Prepare Qubes DispVM Template
-ConditionPathExists=/var/run/qubes-service/qubes-dvm
-After=systemd-readahead-replay.service qubes-gui-agent.service
-Wants=qubes-gui-agent.service
-Before=xendriverdomain.service
-
-[Service]
-Type=oneshot
-RemainAfterExit=yes
-ExecStart=/usr/lib/qubes/init/prepare-dvm.sh
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/vm-systemd/qubes-misc-post.service b/vm-systemd/qubes-misc-post.service
index ccc98e6..09a2f84 100644
--- a/vm-systemd/qubes-misc-post.service
+++ b/vm-systemd/qubes-misc-post.service
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Qubes misc post-boot actions
-After=network-pre.target qubes-dvm.service qubes-mount-dirs.service qubes-network.service qubes-firewall.service qubes-netwatcher.service
+After=network-pre.target qubes-mount-dirs.service qubes-network.service qubes-firewall.service qubes-netwatcher.service
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
diff --git a/vm-systemd/qubes-qrexec-agent.service b/vm-systemd/qubes-qrexec-agent.service
index ed0f338..3c49b86 100644
--- a/vm-systemd/qubes-qrexec-agent.service
+++ b/vm-systemd/qubes-qrexec-agent.service
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Qubes remote exec agent
-After=qubes-dvm.service xendriverdomain.service
+After=xendriverdomain.service
 
 [Service]
 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c '[ -e /dev/xen/evtchn ] || modprobe xen_evtchn'