diff --git a/client/src/app/app.test.js b/client/src/app/app.test.js
index a4316426c57..e7b8d747046 100644
--- a/client/src/app/app.test.js
+++ b/client/src/app/app.test.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 import { getGalaxyInstance, setGalaxyInstance } from "app";
-import sinon from "sinon";
 import Backbone from "backbone";
-import { getAppRoot } from "onload";
 import galaxyOptions from "@tests/qunit/test-data/bootstrapped";
-import serverdata from "@tests/qunit/test-data/fakeserver";
 
 export function setupTestGalaxy(galaxyOptions_ = null) {
     galaxyOptions_ = galaxyOptions_ || galaxyOptions;
@@ -19,22 +16,6 @@ export function setupTestGalaxy(galaxyOptions_ = null) {
 describe("App base construction/initializiation defaults", () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
         setupTestGalaxy(galaxyOptions);
-        window.WAIT_FADE = 300;
-        window.fakeserver = sinon.fakeServer.create();
-        for (const route in serverdata) {
-            window.fakeserver.respondWith("GET", getAppRoot() + route, [
-                200,
-                { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
-                serverdata[route].data,
-            ]);
-        }
-    });
-
-    afterEach(() => {
-        if (window.fakeserver) {
-            window.fakeserver.restore();
-            delete window.fakeserver;
-        }
     });
 
     test("App base construction/initializiation defaults", function () {
@@ -55,7 +36,7 @@ describe("App base construction/initializiation defaults", () => {
     test("App base extends from Backbone.Events", function () {
         const app = getGalaxyInstance();
         ["on", "off", "trigger", "listenTo", "stopListening"].forEach(function (fn) {
-            expect(app.fn && typeof app[fn] === "function").toBeTruthy();
+            expect(Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(app, fn) && typeof app[fn] === "function").toBeTruthy();
         });
     });
 
diff --git a/client/src/app/galaxy.js b/client/src/app/galaxy.js
index 49ca605333b..e84180f6de5 100644
--- a/client/src/app/galaxy.js
+++ b/client/src/app/galaxy.js
@@ -38,18 +38,11 @@ GalaxyApp.prototype._init = function (options, bootstrapped) {
     this.params = options.params || {};
     this.session_csrf_token = options.session_csrf_token || null;
 
-    // at this point, either logging or not and namespaces are enabled - chat it up
-    console.debug("GalaxyApp.options: ", this.options);
-    console.debug("GalaxyApp.config: ", this.config);
-
     this._initLocale();
-    console.debug("GalaxyApp.localize: ", this.localize);
 
     this.config = options.config || {};
-    console.debug("GalaxyApp.config: ", this.config);
 
     this._initUser(options.user || {});
-    console.debug("GalaxyApp.user: ", this.user);
 
     _setUserLocale(this.user, this.config);
     _getUserLocale();
@@ -113,8 +106,7 @@ GalaxyApp.prototype._patchGalaxy = function _patchGalaxy(patchWith) {
 };
 
 /** add the localize fn to this object and the window namespace (as '_l') */
-GalaxyApp.prototype._initLocale = function _initLocale(options) {
-    console.debug("_initLocale:", options);
+GalaxyApp.prototype._initLocale = function _initLocale() {
     this.localize = localize;
     // add to window as global shortened alias
     // TODO: temporary - remove when can require for plugins
diff --git a/client/src/app/user-model.js b/client/src/app/user-model.js
index 27d5c6ce948..f4d6de32684 100644
--- a/client/src/app/user-model.js
+++ b/client/src/app/user-model.js
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ var User = Backbone.Model.extend(
          *  @param {Object} data Initial model data.
          */
         initialize: function (data) {
-            console.log("User.initialize:", data);
-
             this.on("loaded", function (model, resp) {
                 console.log(`${this} has loaded:`, model, resp);
             });