diff --git a/generators/angular/templates/src/main/webapp/app/app-routing.module.ts.ejs b/generators/angular/templates/src/main/webapp/app/app-routing.module.ts.ejs
index 4dd9246e0e42..98a299f5e507 100644
--- a/generators/angular/templates/src/main/webapp/app/app-routing.module.ts.ejs
+++ b/generators/angular/templates/src/main/webapp/app/app-routing.module.ts.ejs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ import { UserRouteAccessService } from 'app/core/auth/user-route-access.service'
           path: '<%= applicationTypeMicroservice ? lowercaseBaseName : '' %>',
           loadChildren: () => import(`./entities/entity-routing.module`).then(({ EntityRoutingModule }) => EntityRoutingModule),
         },
-<%_ if (applicationTypeGateway) { _%>
+<%_ if (applicationTypeGateway && microfrontend) { _%>
   <%_ for (const remote of microfrontends) { _%>
         {
           path: '<%= remote.lowercaseBaseName %>',
diff --git a/generators/angular/templates/src/main/webapp/app/layouts/navbar/navbar.component.html.ejs b/generators/angular/templates/src/main/webapp/app/layouts/navbar/navbar.component.html.ejs
index c9cc41ee832d..2ea9de27d381 100644
--- a/generators/angular/templates/src/main/webapp/app/layouts/navbar/navbar.component.html.ejs
+++ b/generators/angular/templates/src/main/webapp/app/layouts/navbar/navbar.component.html.ejs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
           </span>
         </a>
         <ul class="dropdown-menu" ngbDropdownMenu aria-labelledby="entity-menu">
-<%_ if (applicationTypeGateway) { _%>
+<%_ if (applicationTypeGateway && microfrontend) { _%>
   <%_ for (const remote of microfrontends) { _%>
           <li *ngIf="<%= remote.lowercaseBaseName %>EntityNavbarItems.length === 0">
             <span class="dropdown-item">Failed to load <%= remote.lowercaseBaseName %> entities</span>
diff --git a/generators/angular/templates/src/main/webapp/app/layouts/navbar/navbar.component.ts.ejs b/generators/angular/templates/src/main/webapp/app/layouts/navbar/navbar.component.ts.ejs
index 8765858db572..4b8f7d3f574e 100644
--- a/generators/angular/templates/src/main/webapp/app/layouts/navbar/navbar.component.ts.ejs
+++ b/generators/angular/templates/src/main/webapp/app/layouts/navbar/navbar.component.ts.ejs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export default class NavbarComponent implements OnInit {
   version = '';
   account: Account | null = null;
   entitiesNavbarItems: NavbarItem[] = [];
-<%_ if (applicationTypeGateway) { _%>
+<%_ if (applicationTypeGateway && microfrontend) { _%>
   <%_ for (const remote of microfrontends) { _%>
   <%= remote.lowercaseBaseName %>EntityNavbarItems: NavbarItem[] = [];
   <%_ } _%>
diff --git a/generators/app/__snapshots__/generator.spec.mts.snap b/generators/app/__snapshots__/generator.spec.mts.snap
index 9e95df741939..75ee462a97be 100644
--- a/generators/app/__snapshots__/generator.spec.mts.snap
+++ b/generators/app/__snapshots__/generator.spec.mts.snap
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ exports[`generator - app with default config should match snapshot 1`] = `
   "messageBrokerKafka": false,
   "messageBrokerPulsar": false,
   "microfrontend": false,
-  "microfrontends": [],
+  "microfrontends": undefined,
   "nativeLanguage": "en",
   "nativeLanguageDefinition": {
     "angularLocale": "en",
@@ -560,7 +560,6 @@ exports[`generator - app with default config should match snapshot 1`] = `
   "projectVersion": "0.0.1-SNAPSHOT",
   "reactive": false,
   "rememberMeKey": undefined,
-  "remotes": [],
   "searchEngine": "no",
   "searchEngineAny": false,
   "searchEngineCouchbase": false,
@@ -956,8 +955,8 @@ exports[`generator - app with gateway should match snapshot 1`] = `
   "messageBrokerAny": false,
   "messageBrokerKafka": false,
   "messageBrokerPulsar": false,
-  "microfrontend": false,
-  "microfrontends": [],
+  "microfrontend": undefined,
+  "microfrontends": undefined,
   "nativeLanguage": "en",
   "nativeLanguageDefinition": {
     "angularLocale": "en",
@@ -1098,7 +1097,6 @@ exports[`generator - app with gateway should match snapshot 1`] = `
   "projectVersion": "0.0.1-SNAPSHOT",
   "reactive": true,
   "rememberMeKey": undefined,
-  "remotes": [],
   "searchEngine": "no",
   "searchEngineAny": false,
   "searchEngineCouchbase": false,
@@ -1493,7 +1491,7 @@ exports[`generator - app with microservice should match snapshot 1`] = `
   "messageBrokerKafka": false,
   "messageBrokerPulsar": false,
   "microfrontend": false,
-  "microfrontends": [],
+  "microfrontends": undefined,
   "nativeLanguage": "en",
   "nativeLanguageDefinition": {
     "angularLocale": "en",
@@ -1579,7 +1577,6 @@ exports[`generator - app with microservice should match snapshot 1`] = `
   "projectVersion": "0.0.1-SNAPSHOT",
   "reactive": false,
   "rememberMeKey": undefined,
-  "remotes": [],
   "searchEngine": "no",
   "searchEngineAny": false,
   "searchEngineCouchbase": false,
diff --git a/generators/app/prompts.mjs b/generators/app/prompts.mjs
index c350d23415e2..7185d6abceac 100644
--- a/generators/app/prompts.mjs
+++ b/generators/app/prompts.mjs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export async function askForApplicationType({ control }) {
         type: 'confirm',
         name: 'microfrontend',
         message: `Do you want to enable ${chalk.yellow('*microfrontends*')}?`,
-        default: config.microfrontend,
+        default: config.microfrontend ?? false,
       },
       {
         when: answers => {
diff --git a/generators/base/generator-base-todo.mts b/generators/base/generator-base-todo.mts
index ecb8dafdf8db..c3bdc2edab47 100644
--- a/generators/base/generator-base-todo.mts
+++ b/generators/base/generator-base-todo.mts
@@ -894,9 +894,6 @@ templates: ${JSON.stringify(existingTemplates, null, 2)}`;
 
     dest.testFrameworks = config.testFrameworks || [];
 
-    dest.remotes =
-      Object.entries(config.applications || {}).map(([baseName, remoteConfig]) => ({ baseName, ...(remoteConfig as any) })) || [];
-
     dest.gatlingTests = dest.testFrameworks.includes(GATLING);
     dest.cucumberTests = dest.testFrameworks.includes(CUCUMBER);
     dest.cypressTests = dest.testFrameworks.includes(CYPRESS);
@@ -946,9 +943,8 @@ templates: ${JSON.stringify(existingTemplates, null, 2)}`;
         microfrontend.capitalizedBaseName = _.upperFirst(baseName);
         microfrontend.endpointPrefix = `services/${microfrontend.lowercaseBaseName}`;
       });
-    } else if ((!dest.microfrontends || dest.microfrontends.length === 0) && dest.remotes) {
-      dest.remotes.forEach(app => (this as any).loadDerivedAppConfig(app));
-      dest.microfrontends = dest.remotes.filter(r => r.clientFramework && r.clientFramework !== CLIENT_FRAMEWORK_NO);
+    } else if (dest.microfrontend) {
+      dest.microfrontends = [];
     }
     dest.microfrontend =
       dest.microfrontend ||
@@ -1008,7 +1004,7 @@ templates: ${JSON.stringify(existingTemplates, null, 2)}`;
       if (dest.applicationTypeMicroservice) {
         dest.microfrontend = dest.clientFrameworkAny;
       } else if (dest.applicationTypeGateway) {
-        dest.microfrontend = dest.microfrontends.length > 0;
+        dest.microfrontend = dest.microfrontends && dest.microfrontends.length > 0;
       }
     }
     dest.clientThemeNone = dest.clientTheme === 'none';