diff --git a/src/N98/Magento/Application.php b/src/N98/Magento/Application.php
index 555fe8428..015accf25 100644
--- a/src/N98/Magento/Application.php
+++ b/src/N98/Magento/Application.php
@@ -275,8 +275,7 @@ public function initMagento($soft = false)
         $isMagento2 = $this->detectionResult->getMajorVersion() === self::MAGENTO_MAJOR_VERSION_2;
         if ($isMagento2) {
             $magento2Initializer = new Magento2Initializer($this->getAutoloader());
-            $app = $magento2Initializer->init($this->getMagentoRootFolder());
-            $this->_objectManager = $app->getObjectManager();
+            $this->_objectManager = $magento2Initializer->init($this->getMagentoRootFolder());
         } else {
             $magento1Initializer = new Magento1Initializer($this->getHelperSet());
             $magento1Initializer->init();
diff --git a/src/N98/Magento/Application/Magento2Initializer.php b/src/N98/Magento/Application/Magento2Initializer.php
index 63adb9280..f1c926854 100644
--- a/src/N98/Magento/Application/Magento2Initializer.php
+++ b/src/N98/Magento/Application/Magento2Initializer.php
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 use Composer\Autoload\ClassLoader;
 use Magento\Framework\App\Bootstrap;
 use Magento\Framework\Autoload\AutoloaderRegistry;
+use Magento\Framework\ObjectManagerInterface;
 use Magento\Store\Model\Store;
 use Magento\Store\Model\StoreManager;
-use N98\Magento\Framework\App\Magerun;
 use N98\Util\PharWrapper;
 
 /**
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public function __construct(ClassLoader $autoloader)
 
     /**
      * @param string $magentoRootFolder
-     * @return \N98\Magento\Framework\App\Magerun
+     * @return ObjectManagerInterface
      * @throws \Exception
      */
     public function init($magentoRootFolder)
@@ -57,12 +57,9 @@ public function init($magentoRootFolder)
         $params['entryPoint'] = basename(__FILE__);
 
         $bootstrap = Bootstrap::create($magentoRootFolder, $params);
-        /** @var \Magento\Framework\App\Cron $app */
-        $app = $bootstrap->createApplication(Magerun::class, []);
-        /* @var $app \N98\Magento\Framework\App\Magerun */
-        $app->launch();
+        $objectManager = $bootstrap->getObjectManager();
 
-        return $app;
+        return $objectManager;
     }
 
     public static function loadMagentoBootstrap($magentoRootFolder)
diff --git a/src/N98/Magento/Framework/App/Magerun.php b/src/N98/Magento/Framework/App/Magerun.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ede25303..000000000
--- a/src/N98/Magento/Framework/App/Magerun.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace N98\Magento\Framework\App;
-
-use Magento\Framework\App\Bootstrap;
-use Magento\Framework\ObjectManagerInterface;
-use Symfony\Component\Console\Exception\RuntimeException;
-
-/**
- * Class Magerun
- * @package N98\Magento\Framework\App
- */
-class Magerun implements \Magento\Framework\AppInterface
-{
-    /**
-     * @var ObjectManagerInterface
-     */
-    protected $objectManager;
-
-    /**
-     * @param ObjectManagerInterface $objectManager
-     */
-    public function __construct(ObjectManagerInterface $objectManager)
-    {
-        $this->objectManager = $objectManager;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Launch application
-     *
-     * @return \Magento\Framework\App\ResponseInterface
-     */
-    public function launch()
-    {
-        /*
-         * this method is intentionally left empty
-         *
-         * earlier the area-code was set to "adminhtml" but this should be done
-         * within a Command::execute() implementation if the command needs a specific
-         * area.
-         *
-         * this might even extend to bootstrapping the application as it configures
-         * the ObjectManager:
-         *
-         * @see \N98\Magento\Application::initMagento()
-         */
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @return ObjectManagerInterface
-     */
-    public function getObjectManager()
-    {
-        if ($this->objectManager === null) {
-            throw new RuntimeException('Please initialize Magento to use the object manager.');
-        }
-
-        return $this->objectManager;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Ability to handle exceptions that may have occurred during bootstrap and launch
-     *
-     * Return values:
-     * - true: exception has been handled, no additional action is needed
-     * - false: exception has not been handled - pass the control to Bootstrap
-     *
-     * @param Bootstrap $bootstrap
-     * @param \Exception $exception
-     * @return bool
-     */
-    public function catchException(Bootstrap $bootstrap, \Exception $exception)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-}