diff --git a/backend/src/config/index.js b/backend/src/config/index.js
index 59ab20af7..2f8d0ed22 100644
--- a/backend/src/config/index.js
+++ b/backend/src/config/index.js
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ export const serverConfigs = {
   CLIENT_URI,
   GRAPHQL_URI,
   PUBLIC_REGISTRATION: process.env.PUBLIC_REGISTRATION === 'true',
-  SUBSCRIPTIONS_PATH: '/subscriptions',
 }
 
 export const developmentConfigs = {
diff --git a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/posts.js b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/posts.js
index 4cb787e2f..af8165997 100644
--- a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/posts.js
+++ b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/posts.js
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 import uuid from 'uuid/v4'
 import { neo4jgraphql } from 'neo4j-graphql-js'
 import { isEmpty } from 'lodash'
-import { UserInputError, PubSub } from 'apollo-server'
+import { UserInputError } from 'apollo-server'
 import fileUpload from './fileUpload'
 import Resolver from './helpers/Resolver'
 import { filterForMutedUsers } from './helpers/filterForMutedUsers'
 
-const pubsub = new PubSub()
-const POST_ADDED = 'POST_ADDED'
-
 const maintainPinnedPosts = params => {
   const pinnedPostFilter = { pinned: true }
   if (isEmpty(params.filter)) {
@@ -20,12 +17,6 @@ const maintainPinnedPosts = params => {
 }
 
 export default {
-  Subscription: {
-    postAdded: {
-      // Additional event labels can be passed to asyncIterator creation
-      subscribe: () => pubsub.asyncIterator([POST_ADDED]),
-    },
-  },
   Query: {
     Post: async (object, params, context, resolveInfo) => {
       params = await filterForMutedUsers(params, context)
@@ -111,7 +102,6 @@ export default {
       })
       try {
         const [post] = await writeTxResultPromise
-        pubsub.publish(POST_ADDED, { postAdded: post })
         return post
       } catch (e) {
         if (e.code === 'Neo.ClientError.Schema.ConstraintValidationFailed')
diff --git a/backend/src/schema/types/type/Post.gql b/backend/src/schema/types/type/Post.gql
index 484ad937e..71fcb9605 100644
--- a/backend/src/schema/types/type/Post.gql
+++ b/backend/src/schema/types/type/Post.gql
@@ -245,7 +245,3 @@ type Query {
       """
     )
 }
-
-type Subscription {
-  postAdded: Post
-}
diff --git a/webapp/pages/index.vue b/webapp/pages/index.vue
index c3441dd41..609c3d800 100644
--- a/webapp/pages/index.vue
+++ b/webapp/pages/index.vue
@@ -74,15 +74,6 @@ import { mapGetters, mapMutations } from 'vuex'
 import { filterPosts } from '~/graphql/PostQuery.js'
 import PostMutations from '~/graphql/PostMutations'
 import UpdateQuery from '~/components/utils/UpdateQuery'
-import gql from 'graphql-tag'
-import {
-  userFragment,
-  postFragment,
-  postCountsFragment,
-  userCountsFragment,
-  locationAndBadgesFragment,
-  tagsCategoriesAndPinnedFragment,
-} from '~/graphql/Fragments'
 
 export default {
   components: {
@@ -222,35 +213,6 @@ export default {
         this.posts = Post
       },
       fetchPolicy: 'cache-and-network',
-      subscribeToMore: {
-        document: gql`
-          ${userFragment}
-          ${userCountsFragment}
-          ${locationAndBadgesFragment('EN')}
-          ${postFragment}
-          ${postCountsFragment}
-          ${tagsCategoriesAndPinnedFragment}
-
-          subscription Post {
-            postAdded {
-              ...post
-              ...postCounts
-              ...tagsCategoriesAndPinned
-              author {
-                ...user
-                ...userCounts
-                ...locationAndBadges
-              }
-            }
-          }
-        `,
-        updateQuery: (previousResult, { subscriptionData }) => {
-          const {
-            data: { postAdded: newPost },
-          } = subscriptionData
-          return { Post: [newPost, ...previousResult.Post] }
-        },
-      },
     },
   },
 }
diff --git a/webapp/plugins/apollo-config.js b/webapp/plugins/apollo-config.js
index a3ac9805e..b89d9a188 100644
--- a/webapp/plugins/apollo-config.js
+++ b/webapp/plugins/apollo-config.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export default ({ app }) => {
   const backendUrl = process.env.GRAPHQL_URI || 'http://localhost:4000'
 
   return {
-    wsEndpoint: 'ws://localhost:4000/graphql', // optional
+    wsEndpoint: process.env.WEBSOCKETS_URI || 'ws://localhost:4000/graphql',
     httpEndpoint: process.server ? backendUrl : '/api',
     httpLinkOptions: {
       credentials: 'same-origin',