diff --git a/awx/ui/client/features/applications/list-applications.controller.js b/awx/ui/client/features/applications/list-applications.controller.js
index e77ede25c0..fd67589a08 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/features/applications/list-applications.controller.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/features/applications/list-applications.controller.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ function ListApplicationsController (
     $filter,
     $scope,
     $state,
-    Alert,
     Dataset,
     ProcessErrors,
     Prompt,
@@ -57,82 +56,56 @@ function ListApplicationsController (
         return html;
     };
 
-    vm.deleteApplication = app => {
-        if (!app) {
-            Alert(strings.get('error.DELETE'), strings.get('alert.MISSING_PARAMETER'));
-            return;
-        }
+    vm.deleteApplication = (app) => {
+        const action = () => {
+            $('#prompt-modal').modal('hide');
+            Wait('start');
+            application.request('delete', app.id)
+                .then(() => {
+                    let reloadListStateParams = null;
 
-        application.getDependentResourceCounts(application.id)
-            .then(counts => displayApplicationDeletePrompt(app, counts));
-    };
+                    if ($scope.applications.length === 1 && $state.params.application_search &&
+                    !_.isEmpty($state.params.application_search.page) &&
+                    $state.params.application_search.page !== '1') {
+                        const page = `${(parseInt(reloadListStateParams
+                            .application_search.page, 10) - 1)}`;
+                        reloadListStateParams = _.cloneDeep($state.params);
+                        reloadListStateParams.application_search.page = page;
+                    }
 
-    function createErrorHandler (path, action) {
-        return ({ data, status }) => {
-            const hdr = strings.get('error.HEADER');
-            const msg = strings.get('error.CALL', { path, action, status });
-            ProcessErrors($scope, data, status, null, { hdr, msg });
+                    if (parseInt($state.params.application_id, 10) === app.id) {
+                        $state.go('^', reloadListStateParams, { reload: true });
+                    } else {
+                        $state.go('.', reloadListStateParams, { reload: true });
+                    }
+                })
+                .catch(({ data, status }) => {
+                    ProcessErrors($scope, data, status, null, {
+                        hdr: strings.get('error.HEADER'),
+                        msg: strings.get('error.CALL', { path: `${application.path}${app.id}`, status })
+                    });
+                })
+                .finally(() => {
+                    Wait('stop');
+                });
         };
-    }
 
-    function handleSuccessfulDelete (app) {
-        const { page } = _.get($state.params, 'application_search');
-        let reloadListStateParams = null;
+        const deleteModalBody = `<div class="Prompt-bodyQuery">${strings.get('deleteResource.CONFIRM', 'application')}</div>`;
 
-        if ($scope.applications.length === 1 && !_.isEmpty(page) && page !== '1') {
-            reloadListStateParams = _.cloneDeep($state.params);
-            const pageNumber = (parseInt(reloadListStateParams.application_search.page, 0) - 1);
-            reloadListStateParams.application_search.page = pageNumber.toString();
-        }
-
-        if (parseInt($state.params.application_id, 0) === app.id) {
-            $state.go('applications', reloadListStateParams, { reload: true });
-        } else {
-            $state.go('.', reloadListStateParams, { reload: true });
-        }
-    }
-
-    function displayApplicationDeletePrompt (app, counts) {
         Prompt({
-            action () {
-                $('#prompt-modal').modal('hide');
-                Wait('start');
-                application
-                    .request('delete', app.id)
-                    .then(() => handleSuccessfulDelete(app))
-                    .catch(createErrorHandler('delete application', 'DELETE'))
-                    .finally(() => Wait('stop'));
-            },
-            hdr: strings.get('DELETE'),
+            hdr: strings.get('deleteResource.HEADER'),
             resourceName: $filter('sanitize')(app.name),
-            body: buildApplicationDeletePromptHTML(counts),
+            body: deleteModalBody,
+            action,
+            actionText: 'DELETE'
         });
-    }
-
-    function buildApplicationDeletePromptHTML (counts) {
-        const buildCount = count => `<span class="badge List-titleBadge">${count}</span>`;
-        const buildLabel = label => `<span class="Prompt-warningResourceTitle">
-            ${$filter('sanitize')(label)}</span>`;
-        const buildCountLabel = ({ count, label }) => `<div>
-            ${buildLabel(label)}${buildCount(count)}</div>`;
-
-        const displayedCounts = counts.filter(({ count }) => count > 0);
-
-        const html = `
-            ${displayedCounts.length ? strings.get('deleteResource.USED_BY', 'application') : ''}
-            ${strings.get('deleteResource.CONFIRM', 'application')}
-            ${displayedCounts.map(buildCountLabel).join('')}
-        `;
-
-        return html;
-    }
+    };
 }
 
 ListApplicationsController.$inject = [
     '$filter',
     '$scope',
     '$state',
-    'Alert',
     'Dataset',
     'ProcessErrors',
     'Prompt',
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/features/applications/list-applications.view.html b/awx/ui/client/features/applications/list-applications.view.html
index 839178607f..1803e5ab66 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/features/applications/list-applications.view.html
+++ b/awx/ui/client/features/applications/list-applications.view.html
@@ -48,9 +48,13 @@
                     </at-row-item>
                 </div>
                 <div class="at-Row-actions">
-                    <at-row-action icon="fa-trash" ng-click="vm.deleteApplication(application)"
-                        ng-show="application.summary_fields.user_capabilities.delete">
+                    <!-- TODO: delete application should be based on user capabilities but that's not
+                    implemented in the api yet -->
+                    <at-row-action icon="fa-trash" ng-click="vm.deleteApplication(application)">
                     </at-row-action>
+                    <!-- <at-row-action icon="fa-trash" ng-click="vm.deleteApplication(application)"
+                        ng-show="application.summary_fields.user_capabilities.delete">
+                    </at-row-action> -->
                 </div>
             </at-row>
         </at-list>