diff --git a/internal/api/api.go b/internal/api/api.go
index 80e13887c..7d1524457 100644
--- a/internal/api/api.go
+++ b/internal/api/api.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/api/grpc/server"
 	http_util "github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/api/http"
 	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/authz/repository"
-	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/domain"
 	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/errors"
 	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/query"
 	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/telemetry/tracing"
@@ -139,19 +138,6 @@ func (a *API) healthHandler() http.Handler {
 			}
 			return nil
 		},
-		func(ctx context.Context) error {
-			iam, err := a.health.Instance(ctx)
-			if err != nil && !errors.IsNotFound(err) {
-				return errors.ThrowPreconditionFailed(err, "API-dsgT2", "IAM SETUP CHECK FAILED")
-			}
-			if iam == nil || iam.SetupStarted < domain.StepCount-1 {
-				return errors.ThrowPreconditionFailed(nil, "API-HBfs3", "IAM NOT SET UP")
-			}
-			if iam.SetupDone < domain.StepCount-1 {
-				return errors.ThrowPreconditionFailed(nil, "API-DASs2", "IAM SETUP RUNNING")
-			}
-			return nil
-		},
 	}
 	handler := http.NewServeMux()
 	handler.HandleFunc("/healthz", handleHealth)
diff --git a/internal/api/ui/console/console.go b/internal/api/ui/console/console.go
index 1da26feb1..9ebb5c30f 100644
--- a/internal/api/ui/console/console.go
+++ b/internal/api/ui/console/console.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func Start(config Config, externalSecure bool, issuer op.IssuerFromRequest, inst
 	security := middleware.SecurityHeaders(csp(), nil)
 
 	handler := mux.NewRouter()
-	handler.Use(cache, security)
+	handler.Use(security)
 	handler.Handle(envRequestPath, middleware.TelemetryHandler()(instanceHandler(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		instance := authz.GetInstance(r.Context())
 		if instance.InstanceID() == "" {
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func Start(config Config, externalSecure bool, issuer op.IssuerFromRequest, inst
 		_, err = w.Write(environmentJSON)
 		logging.OnError(err).Error("error serving environment.json")
 	}))))
-	handler.SkipClean(true).PathPrefix("").Handler(http.FileServer(&spaHandler{http.FS(fSys)}))
+	handler.SkipClean(true).PathPrefix("").Handler(cache(http.FileServer(&spaHandler{http.FS(fSys)})))
 	return handler, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/command/instance_model.go b/internal/command/instance_model.go
index 5a25a8027..77e764f5c 100644
--- a/internal/command/instance_model.go
+++ b/internal/command/instance_model.go
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ type InstanceWriteModel struct {
 	State           domain.InstanceState
 	GeneratedDomain string
 
-	SetUpStarted domain.Step
-	SetUpDone    domain.Step
-
 	GlobalOrgID     string
 	ProjectID       string
 	DefaultLanguage language.Tag
@@ -53,12 +50,6 @@ func (wm *InstanceWriteModel) Reduce() error {
 			wm.GlobalOrgID = e.OrgID
 		case *instance.DefaultLanguageSetEvent:
 			wm.DefaultLanguage = e.Language
-		case *instance.SetupStepEvent:
-			if e.Done {
-				wm.SetUpDone = e.Step
-			} else {
-				wm.SetUpStarted = e.Step
-			}
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -78,9 +69,7 @@ func (wm *InstanceWriteModel) Query() *eventstore.SearchQueryBuilder {
 			instance.InstanceDomainRemovedEventType,
 			instance.ProjectSetEventType,
 			instance.GlobalOrgSetEventType,
-			instance.DefaultLanguageSetEventType,
-			instance.SetupStartedEventType,
-			instance.SetupDoneEventType).
+			instance.DefaultLanguageSetEventType).
 		Builder()
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/eventstore/handler/crdb/lock.go b/internal/eventstore/handler/crdb/lock.go
index f2f39640d..55af5168c 100644
--- a/internal/eventstore/handler/crdb/lock.go
+++ b/internal/eventstore/handler/crdb/lock.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/zitadel/logging"
@@ -34,11 +33,8 @@ type locker struct {
 }
 
 func NewLocker(client *sql.DB, lockTable, projectionName string) Locker {
-	workerName, err := os.Hostname()
-	if err != nil || workerName == "" {
-		workerName, err = id.SonyFlakeGenerator.Next()
-		logging.OnError(err).Panic("unable to generate lockID")
-	}
+	workerName, err := id.SonyFlakeGenerator.Next()
+	logging.OnError(err).Panic("unable to generate lockID")
 	return &locker{
 		client:         client,
 		lockStmt:       fmt.Sprintf(lockStmtFormat, lockTable),
diff --git a/internal/eventstore/v1/spooler/config.go b/internal/eventstore/v1/spooler/config.go
index a8a5d5f15..7a9b4ee25 100644
--- a/internal/eventstore/v1/spooler/config.go
+++ b/internal/eventstore/v1/spooler/config.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package spooler
 
 import (
 	"math/rand"
-	"os"
 
 	"github.com/zitadel/logging"
 
@@ -19,11 +18,8 @@ type Config struct {
 }
 
 func (c *Config) New() *Spooler {
-	lockID, err := os.Hostname()
-	if err != nil || lockID == "" {
-		lockID, err = id.SonyFlakeGenerator.Next()
-		logging.OnError(err).Panic("unable to generate lockID")
-	}
+	lockID, err := id.SonyFlakeGenerator.Next()
+	logging.OnError(err).Panic("unable to generate lockID")
 
 	//shuffle the handlers for better balance when running multiple pods
 	rand.Shuffle(len(c.ViewHandlers), func(i, j int) {
diff --git a/internal/query/instance.go b/internal/query/instance.go
index 6fb356786..9d17a2cdd 100644
--- a/internal/query/instance.go
+++ b/internal/query/instance.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/text/language"
 
 	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/api/authz"
-	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/domain"
 	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/errors"
 	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/query/projection"
 )
@@ -56,14 +55,6 @@ var (
 		name:  projection.InstanceColumnConsoleAppID,
 		table: instanceTable,
 	}
-	InstanceColumnSetupStarted = Column{
-		name:  projection.InstanceColumnSetUpStarted,
-		table: instanceTable,
-	}
-	InstanceColumnSetupDone = Column{
-		name:  projection.InstanceColumnSetUpDone,
-		table: instanceTable,
-	}
 	InstanceColumnDefaultLanguage = Column{
 		name:  projection.InstanceColumnDefaultLanguage,
 		table: instanceTable,
@@ -82,8 +73,6 @@ type Instance struct {
 	ConsoleID    string
 	ConsoleAppID string
 	DefaultLang  language.Tag
-	SetupStarted domain.Step
-	SetupDone    domain.Step
 	Domains      []*InstanceDomain
 	host         string
 }
@@ -211,8 +200,6 @@ func prepareInstanceQuery(host string) (sq.SelectBuilder, func(*sql.Row) (*Insta
 			InstanceColumnProjectID.identifier(),
 			InstanceColumnConsoleID.identifier(),
 			InstanceColumnConsoleAppID.identifier(),
-			InstanceColumnSetupStarted.identifier(),
-			InstanceColumnSetupDone.identifier(),
 			InstanceColumnDefaultLanguage.identifier(),
 		).
 			From(instanceTable.identifier()).PlaceholderFormat(sq.Dollar),
@@ -228,8 +215,6 @@ func prepareInstanceQuery(host string) (sq.SelectBuilder, func(*sql.Row) (*Insta
 				&instance.IAMProjectID,
 				&instance.ConsoleID,
 				&instance.ConsoleAppID,
-				&instance.SetupStarted,
-				&instance.SetupDone,
 				&lang,
 			)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -254,8 +239,6 @@ func prepareInstancesQuery() (sq.SelectBuilder, func(*sql.Rows) (*Instances, err
 			InstanceColumnProjectID.identifier(),
 			InstanceColumnConsoleID.identifier(),
 			InstanceColumnConsoleAppID.identifier(),
-			InstanceColumnSetupStarted.identifier(),
-			InstanceColumnSetupDone.identifier(),
 			InstanceColumnDefaultLanguage.identifier(),
 			countColumn.identifier(),
 		).From(instanceTable.identifier()).PlaceholderFormat(sq.Dollar),
@@ -276,8 +259,6 @@ func prepareInstancesQuery() (sq.SelectBuilder, func(*sql.Rows) (*Instances, err
 					&instance.IAMProjectID,
 					&instance.ConsoleID,
 					&instance.ConsoleAppID,
-					&instance.SetupStarted,
-					&instance.SetupDone,
 					&lang,
 					&count,
 				)
@@ -312,8 +293,6 @@ func prepareInstanceDomainQuery(host string) (sq.SelectBuilder, func(*sql.Rows)
 			InstanceColumnProjectID.identifier(),
 			InstanceColumnConsoleID.identifier(),
 			InstanceColumnConsoleAppID.identifier(),
-			InstanceColumnSetupStarted.identifier(),
-			InstanceColumnSetupDone.identifier(),
 			InstanceColumnDefaultLanguage.identifier(),
 			InstanceDomainDomainCol.identifier(),
 			InstanceDomainIsPrimaryCol.identifier(),
@@ -350,8 +329,6 @@ func prepareInstanceDomainQuery(host string) (sq.SelectBuilder, func(*sql.Rows)
 					&instance.IAMProjectID,
 					&instance.ConsoleID,
 					&instance.ConsoleAppID,
-					&instance.SetupStarted,
-					&instance.SetupDone,
 					&lang,
 					&domain,
 					&isPrimary,
diff --git a/internal/query/instance_test.go b/internal/query/instance_test.go
index fe2dd4b09..2f8cfce9b 100644
--- a/internal/query/instance_test.go
+++ b/internal/query/instance_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	sq "github.com/Masterminds/squirrel"
 	"golang.org/x/text/language"
 
-	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/domain"
 	errs "github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/errors"
 )
 
@@ -41,8 +40,6 @@ func Test_InstancePrepares(t *testing.T) {
 						` projections.instances.iam_project_id,`+
 						` projections.instances.console_client_id,`+
 						` projections.instances.console_app_id,`+
-						` projections.instances.setup_started,`+
-						` projections.instances.setup_done,`+
 						` projections.instances.default_language`+
 						` FROM projections.instances`),
 					nil,
@@ -72,8 +69,6 @@ func Test_InstancePrepares(t *testing.T) {
 						` projections.instances.iam_project_id,`+
 						` projections.instances.console_client_id,`+
 						` projections.instances.console_app_id,`+
-						` projections.instances.setup_started,`+
-						` projections.instances.setup_done,`+
 						` projections.instances.default_language`+
 						` FROM projections.instances`),
 					[]string{
@@ -85,8 +80,6 @@ func Test_InstancePrepares(t *testing.T) {
 						"iam_project_id",
 						"console_client_id",
 						"console_app_id",
-						"setup_started",
-						"setup_done",
 						"default_language",
 					},
 					[]driver.Value{
@@ -98,8 +91,6 @@ func Test_InstancePrepares(t *testing.T) {
 						"project-id",
 						"client-id",
 						"app-id",
-						domain.Step2,
-						domain.Step1,
 						"en",
 					},
 				),
@@ -113,8 +104,6 @@ func Test_InstancePrepares(t *testing.T) {
 				IAMProjectID: "project-id",
 				ConsoleID:    "client-id",
 				ConsoleAppID: "app-id",
-				SetupStarted: domain.Step2,
-				SetupDone:    domain.Step1,
 				DefaultLang:  language.English,
 			},
 		},
@@ -133,8 +122,6 @@ func Test_InstancePrepares(t *testing.T) {
 						` projections.instances.iam_project_id,`+
 						` projections.instances.console_client_id,`+
 						` projections.instances.console_app_id,`+
-						` projections.instances.setup_started,`+
-						` projections.instances.setup_done,`+
 						` projections.instances.default_language`+
 						` FROM projections.instances`),
 					sql.ErrConnDone,
diff --git a/internal/query/projection/instance.go b/internal/query/projection/instance.go
index 195f8c436..ff5c972a8 100644
--- a/internal/query/projection/instance.go
+++ b/internal/query/projection/instance.go
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ const (
 	InstanceColumnConsoleID       = "console_client_id"
 	InstanceColumnConsoleAppID    = "console_app_id"
 	InstanceColumnSequence        = "sequence"
-	InstanceColumnSetUpStarted    = "setup_started"
-	InstanceColumnSetUpDone       = "setup_done"
 	InstanceColumnDefaultLanguage = "default_language"
 )
 
@@ -46,8 +44,6 @@ func NewInstanceProjection(ctx context.Context, config crdb.StatementHandlerConf
 			crdb.NewColumn(InstanceColumnConsoleID, crdb.ColumnTypeText, crdb.Default("")),
 			crdb.NewColumn(InstanceColumnConsoleAppID, crdb.ColumnTypeText, crdb.Default("")),
 			crdb.NewColumn(InstanceColumnSequence, crdb.ColumnTypeInt64),
-			crdb.NewColumn(InstanceColumnSetUpStarted, crdb.ColumnTypeInt64, crdb.Default(0)),
-			crdb.NewColumn(InstanceColumnSetUpDone, crdb.ColumnTypeInt64, crdb.Default(0)),
 			crdb.NewColumn(InstanceColumnDefaultLanguage, crdb.ColumnTypeText, crdb.Default("")),
 		},
 			crdb.NewPrimaryKey(InstanceColumnID),
@@ -82,14 +78,6 @@ func (p *InstanceProjection) reducers() []handler.AggregateReducer {
 					Event:  instance.DefaultLanguageSetEventType,
 					Reduce: p.reduceDefaultLanguageSet,
 				},
-				{
-					Event:  instance.SetupStartedEventType,
-					Reduce: p.reduceSetupEvent,
-				},
-				{
-					Event:  instance.SetupDoneEventType,
-					Reduce: p.reduceSetupEvent,
-				},
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -184,24 +172,3 @@ func (p *InstanceProjection) reduceDefaultLanguageSet(event eventstore.Event) (*
 		},
 	), nil
 }
-
-func (p *InstanceProjection) reduceSetupEvent(event eventstore.Event) (*handler.Statement, error) {
-	e, ok := event.(*instance.SetupStepEvent)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, errors.ThrowInvalidArgumentf(nil, "HANDL-d9nfw", "reduce.wrong.event.type %v", []eventstore.EventType{instance.SetupDoneEventType, instance.SetupStartedEventType})
-	}
-	columns := []handler.Column{
-		handler.NewCol(InstanceColumnID, e.Aggregate().InstanceID),
-		handler.NewCol(InstanceColumnChangeDate, e.CreationDate()),
-		handler.NewCol(InstanceColumnSequence, e.Sequence()),
-	}
-	if e.EventType == instance.SetupStartedEventType {
-		columns = append(columns, handler.NewCol(InstanceColumnSetUpStarted, e.Step))
-	} else {
-		columns = append(columns, handler.NewCol(InstanceColumnSetUpDone, e.Step))
-	}
-	return crdb.NewUpsertStatement(
-		e,
-		columns,
-	), nil
-}
diff --git a/internal/query/projection/instance_test.go b/internal/query/projection/instance_test.go
index d0bb29882..d0c3e73c6 100644
--- a/internal/query/projection/instance_test.go
+++ b/internal/query/projection/instance_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package projection
 import (
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/domain"
 	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/errors"
 	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/eventstore"
 	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/eventstore/handler"
@@ -141,66 +140,6 @@ func TestInstanceProjection_reduces(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
-		{
-			name: "reduceSetupStarted",
-			args: args{
-				event: getEvent(testEvent(
-					repository.EventType(instance.SetupStartedEventType),
-					instance.AggregateType,
-					[]byte(`{"Step": 1}`),
-				), instance.SetupStepMapper),
-			},
-			reduce: (&InstanceProjection{}).reduceSetupEvent,
-			want: wantReduce{
-				projection:       InstanceProjectionTable,
-				aggregateType:    eventstore.AggregateType("instance"),
-				sequence:         15,
-				previousSequence: 10,
-				executer: &testExecuter{
-					executions: []execution{
-						{
-							expectedStmt: "UPSERT INTO projections.instances (id, change_date, sequence, setup_started) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4)",
-							expectedArgs: []interface{}{
-								"instance-id",
-								anyArg{},
-								uint64(15),
-								domain.Step1,
-							},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			name: "reduceSetupDone",
-			args: args{
-				event: getEvent(testEvent(
-					repository.EventType(instance.SetupDoneEventType),
-					instance.AggregateType,
-					[]byte(`{"Step": 1}`),
-				), instance.SetupStepMapper),
-			},
-			reduce: (&InstanceProjection{}).reduceSetupEvent,
-			want: wantReduce{
-				projection:       InstanceProjectionTable,
-				aggregateType:    eventstore.AggregateType("instance"),
-				sequence:         15,
-				previousSequence: 10,
-				executer: &testExecuter{
-					executions: []execution{
-						{
-							expectedStmt: "UPSERT INTO projections.instances (id, change_date, sequence, setup_done) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4)",
-							expectedArgs: []interface{}{
-								"instance-id",
-								anyArg{},
-								uint64(15),
-								domain.Step1,
-							},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/repository/instance/events_step.go b/internal/repository/instance/events_step.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e430b282..000000000
--- a/internal/repository/instance/events_step.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-package instance
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"strconv"
-
-	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/eventstore"
-
-	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/domain"
-	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/errors"
-	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/eventstore/repository"
-)
-
-const (
-	UniqueStepStarted                          = "stepstarted"
-	UniqueStepDone                             = "stepdone"
-	SetupDoneEventType    eventstore.EventType = "iam.setup.done"
-	SetupStartedEventType eventstore.EventType = "iam.setup.started"
-)
-
-type SetupStepEvent struct {
-	eventstore.BaseEvent `json:"-"`
-
-	Step domain.Step `json:"Step"`
-	Done bool        `json:"-"`
-}
-
-func NewAddSetupStepStartedUniqueConstraint(step domain.Step) *eventstore.EventUniqueConstraint {
-	return eventstore.NewAddEventUniqueConstraint(
-		UniqueStepStarted,
-		strconv.Itoa(int(step)),
-		"Errors.Step.Started.AlreadyExists")
-}
-
-func NewAddSetupStepDoneUniqueConstraint(step domain.Step) *eventstore.EventUniqueConstraint {
-	return eventstore.NewAddEventUniqueConstraint(
-		UniqueStepDone,
-		strconv.Itoa(int(step)),
-		"Errors.Step.Done.AlreadyExists")
-}
-
-func (e *SetupStepEvent) Data() interface{} {
-	return e
-}
-
-func (e *SetupStepEvent) UniqueConstraints() []*eventstore.EventUniqueConstraint {
-	if e.Done {
-		return []*eventstore.EventUniqueConstraint{NewAddSetupStepDoneUniqueConstraint(e.Step)}
-	} else {
-		return []*eventstore.EventUniqueConstraint{NewAddSetupStepStartedUniqueConstraint(e.Step)}
-	}
-}
-
-func SetupStepMapper(event *repository.Event) (eventstore.Event, error) {
-	step := &SetupStepEvent{
-		BaseEvent: *eventstore.BaseEventFromRepo(event),
-		Done:      eventstore.EventType(event.Type) == SetupDoneEventType,
-		Step:      domain.Step1,
-	}
-	if len(event.Data) == 0 {
-		return step, nil
-	}
-	err := json.Unmarshal(event.Data, step)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.ThrowInternal(err, "IAM-O6rVg", "unable to unmarshal step")
-	}
-
-	return step, nil
-}
-
-func NewSetupStepDoneEvent(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	aggregate *eventstore.Aggregate,
-	step domain.Step,
-) *SetupStepEvent {
-
-	return &SetupStepEvent{
-		BaseEvent: *eventstore.NewBaseEventForPush(
-			ctx,
-			aggregate,
-			SetupDoneEventType,
-		),
-		Step: step,
-		Done: true,
-	}
-}
-
-func NewSetupStepStartedEvent(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	aggregate *eventstore.Aggregate,
-	step domain.Step,
-) *SetupStepEvent {
-
-	return &SetupStepEvent{
-		BaseEvent: *eventstore.NewBaseEventForPush(
-			ctx,
-			aggregate,
-			SetupStartedEventType,
-		),
-		Step: step,
-	}
-}
diff --git a/internal/repository/instance/eventstore.go b/internal/repository/instance/eventstore.go
index 3fe9c4c28..d816bb46d 100644
--- a/internal/repository/instance/eventstore.go
+++ b/internal/repository/instance/eventstore.go
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func RegisterEventMappers(es *eventstore.Eventstore) {
-	es.RegisterFilterEventMapper(SetupStartedEventType, SetupStepMapper).
-		RegisterFilterEventMapper(SetupDoneEventType, SetupStepMapper).
-		RegisterFilterEventMapper(GlobalOrgSetEventType, GlobalOrgSetMapper).
+	es.RegisterFilterEventMapper(GlobalOrgSetEventType, GlobalOrgSetMapper).
 		RegisterFilterEventMapper(ProjectSetEventType, ProjectSetMapper).
 		RegisterFilterEventMapper(ConsoleSetEventType, ConsoleSetMapper).
 		RegisterFilterEventMapper(DefaultLanguageSetEventType, DefaultLanguageSetMapper).