diff --git a/app/controllers/user_registrations_controller.rb b/app/controllers/user_registrations_controller.rb
index e8e75dc5ee..2a3b3aaaa8 100644
--- a/app/controllers/user_registrations_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/user_registrations_controller.rb
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ class UserRegistrationsController < Spree::UserRegistrationsController
   def render_error(errors = {})
     clean_up_passwords(resource)
     respond_to do |format|
-      format.html do
-        render :new
-      end
       format.js do
         render json: errors, status: :unauthorized
       end
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b8bfa1b1e..0000000000
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<%= render :file => 'spree/layouts/spree_application' %>
diff --git a/spec/controllers/user_registrations_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/user_registrations_controller_spec.rb
index 22d14b383f..bb725945d2 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/user_registrations_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/user_registrations_controller_spec.rb
@@ -60,14 +60,6 @@ describe UserRegistrationsController, type: :controller do
     end
   end
 
-  context "when registration fails" do
-    it "renders new" do
-      spree_post :create, spree_user: {}
-      expect(response.status).to eq(200)
-      expect(response).to render_template "spree/user_registrations/new"
-    end
-  end
-
   context "when registration succeeds" do
     context "when referer is not '/checkout'" do
       it "redirects to root" do