diff --git a/cli/skx b/cli/skx
index 9b9264f..7e93149 100755
--- a/cli/skx
+++ b/cli/skx
@@ -399,7 +399,6 @@ DISPATCH = {   # {object : {verb : ([positional], [options], METHOD, URI, data-f
         'delete' : (['backboneid'], [],        'DELETE', '/api/v1alpha1/backbones/${backboneid}', 'Result'),
         'list'   : ([], [],                    'GET',    '/api/v1alpha1/backbones', 'Table', 'Backbone Networks',
                     ['id', 'name', ('stat', None, 'lifecycle'), 'failure', ('multitenant', 'YN')]),
-        'activate' : (['id'], [],              'PUT',    '/api/v1alpha1/backbones/${id}/activate', 'Result'),
     },
 
     ##
diff --git a/components/compose-web-app/modules/backbone.js b/components/compose-web-app/modules/backbone.js
index 3a85a7e..d79bc70 100644
--- a/components/compose-web-app/modules/backbone.js
+++ b/components/compose-web-app/modules/backbone.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export async function BuildBackboneTable() {
                 await BackboneDetail(item.id);
             });
             row.insertCell().appendChild(anchor);
-            row.insertCell().textContent = item.lifecycle.replace('partial', 'not-activated');
+            row.insertCell().textContent = item.lifecycle;
             row.insertCell().textContent = item.failure || '';
         }
 
@@ -128,16 +128,6 @@ async function BackboneDetail(bbid) {
     }
     fields.push(['Status:', status]);
 
-    if (backbone.lifecycle == 'partial') {
-        let activateButton = document.createElement('button');
-        activateButton.textContent = 'Activate';
-        activateButton.addEventListener('click', async () => {
-            let result = await fetch(`/api/v1alpha1/backbones/${bbid}/activate`, { method: 'PUT' });
-            await BackboneDetail(bbid);
-        });
-        fields.push(['', activateButton]);
-    }
-
     let deleteButton = document.createElement('button');
     deleteButton.textContent = 'Delete';
     deleteButton.addEventListener('click', async () => {
@@ -162,11 +152,10 @@ async function BackboneDetail(bbid) {
             path  : `/api/v1alpha1/backbones/${bbid}`,
             items : {
                 'lifecycle' : (attr) => {
-                    const newval = attr.replace('partial', 'not-activated');
-                    if (status.textContent != newval) {
-                        status.textContent = newval;
+                    if (status.textContent != attr) {
+                        status.textContent = attr;
                     }
-                    return newval == 'ready';
+                    return attr == 'ready';
                 },
             },
         },
diff --git a/components/management-controller/src/api-admin.js b/components/management-controller/src/api-admin.js
index ee5f463..ff4d09f 100644
--- a/components/management-controller/src/api-admin.js
+++ b/components/management-controller/src/api-admin.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const createBackbone = async function(req, res) {
         const client = await ClientFromPool();
         try {
             await client.query("BEGIN");
-            const result = await client.query("INSERT INTO Backbones(Name, LifeCycle) VALUES ($1, 'partial') RETURNING Id", [norm.name]);
+            const result = await client.query("INSERT INTO Backbones(Name, LifeCycle) VALUES ($1, 'new') RETURNING Id", [norm.name]);
             await client.query("COMMIT");
 
             returnStatus = 201;
@@ -402,29 +402,6 @@ const updateBackboneLink = async function(req, res) {
     return returnStatus;
 }
 
-const activateBackbone = async function(req, res) {
-    let returnStatus = 200;
-    const bid = req.params.bid;
-    const client = await ClientFromPool();
-    try {
-        await client.query("BEGIN");
-        if (!IsValidUuid(bid)) {
-            throw(Error('Backbone-Id is not a valid uuid'));
-        }
-
-        await client.query("UPDATE Backbones SET Lifecycle = 'new' WHERE Id = $1 and LifeCycle = 'partial'", [bid]);
-        await client.query("COMMIT");
-        res.status(returnStatus).end();
-    } catch (error) {
-        await client.query("ROLLBACK");
-        returnStatus = 400;
-        res.status(returnStatus).send(error.message);
-    } finally {
-        client.release();
-    }
-
-    return returnStatus;
-}
 
 const deleteBackbone = async function(req, res) {
     let returnStatus = 204;
@@ -881,9 +858,6 @@ export async function Initialize(app, keycloak) {
     .get(listBackbones)         // READ
     .delete(deleteBackbone);    // DELETE
 
-    app.route(API_PREFIX + 'backbones/:bid/activate', keycloak.protect('realm:backbone-admin'))
-    .put(activateBackbone);     // ACTIVATE
-
     //========================================
     // Backbone/Interior Sites
     //========================================