--- a/cwconfig.py	Mon Apr 07 14:28:47 2014 +0200
+++ b/cwconfig.py	Thu Mar 20 15:42:23 2014 +0100
@@ -554,27 +554,19 @@
                         todo.append(depcube)
         return cubes
 
-    def reorder_cubes(self, cubes):
+    @classmethod
+    def reorder_cubes(cls, cubes):
         """reorder cubes from the top level cubes to inner dependencies
         cubes
         """
         from logilab.common.graph import ordered_nodes, UnorderableGraph
-        # See help string for 'ui-cube' in web/webconfig.py for the reasons
-        # behind this hack.
-        uicube = self.get('ui-cube', None)
         graph = {}
-        if uicube:
-            graph[uicube] = set()
         for cube in cubes:
             cube = CW_MIGRATION_MAP.get(cube, cube)
-            graph[cube] = set(dep for dep in self.cube_dependencies(cube)
+            graph[cube] = set(dep for dep in cls.cube_dependencies(cube)
                               if dep in cubes)
-            graph[cube] |= set(dep for dep in self.cube_recommends(cube)
+            graph[cube] |= set(dep for dep in cls.cube_recommends(cube)
                                if dep in cubes)
-            if uicube and cube != uicube \
-                    and cube not in self.cube_dependencies(uicube) \
-                    and cube not in self.cube_recommends(uicube):
-                graph[cube].add(uicube)
         try:
             return ordered_nodes(graph)
         except UnorderableGraph as ex:

--- a/web/webconfig.py	Mon Apr 07 14:28:47 2014 +0200
+++ b/web/webconfig.py	Thu Mar 20 15:42:23 2014 +0100
@@ -111,14 +111,6 @@
           'group': 'web', 'level': 3,
           }),
         # web configuration
-        ('ui-cube',
-         {'type' : 'string',
-          'default': None,
-          'help': 'the name of the UI cube that will be loaded before all other '\
-          'cubes. Setting this value to None will instruct cubicweb not to load '\
-          'any extra cube.',
-          'group': 'web', 'level': 3,
-          }),
         ('https-url',
          {'type' : 'string',
           'default': None,