diff --git a/components/gitpod-protocol/src/context-url.spec.ts b/components/gitpod-protocol/src/context-url.spec.ts
index 7f31e59060a509..5549bb9dc8bdcf 100644
--- a/components/gitpod-protocol/src/context-url.spec.ts
+++ b/components/gitpod-protocol/src/context-url.spec.ts
@@ -41,24 +41,6 @@ export class ContextUrlTest {
         expect(actual?.pathname).to.equal("/gitpod-io/gitpod-test-repo.git");
     }
 
-    @test public parseContextUrl_withPrebuild() {
-        const actual = ContextURL.getNormalizedURL({
-            contextURL: "prebuild/https://github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod-test-repo",
-            context: {},
-        } as WsContextUrl);
-        expect(actual?.host).to.equal("github.com");
-        expect(actual?.pathname).to.equal("/gitpod-io/gitpod-test-repo");
-    }
-
-    @test public parseContextUrl_withPrebuild_withoutSchema() {
-        const actual = ContextURL.getNormalizedURL({
-            contextURL: "prebuild/github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod-test-repo",
-            context: {},
-        } as WsContextUrl);
-        expect(actual?.host).to.equal("github.com");
-        expect(actual?.pathname).to.equal("/gitpod-io/gitpod-test-repo");
-    }
-
     @test public parseContextUrl_badUrl() {
         const actual = ContextURL.getNormalizedURL({ contextURL: "[Object object]", context: {} } as WsContextUrl);
         expect(actual).to.be.undefined;
diff --git a/components/gitpod-protocol/src/context-url.ts b/components/gitpod-protocol/src/context-url.ts
index ee75e008527880..39a258a72b3465 100644
--- a/components/gitpod-protocol/src/context-url.ts
+++ b/components/gitpod-protocol/src/context-url.ts
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ import { Workspace } from ".";
  * TODO(gpl) See if we can get this into `server` code to remove the burden from clients
  */
 export namespace ContextURL {
-    export const INCREMENTAL_PREBUILD_PREFIX = "incremental-prebuild";
-    export const PREBUILD_PREFIX = "prebuild";
     export const IMAGEBUILD_PREFIX = "imagebuild";
     export const SNAPSHOT_PREFIX = "snapshot";
     export const REFERRER_PREFIX = "referrer:";
@@ -90,8 +88,6 @@ export namespace ContextURL {
 
         const firstSegment = segments[0];
         if (
-            firstSegment === PREBUILD_PREFIX ||
-            firstSegment === INCREMENTAL_PREBUILD_PREFIX ||
             firstSegment === IMAGEBUILD_PREFIX ||
             firstSegment === SNAPSHOT_PREFIX ||
             firstSegment.startsWith(REFERRER_PREFIX)
diff --git a/components/server/ee/src/container-module.ts b/components/server/ee/src/container-module.ts
index de87e2370401e5..485082f35090ba 100644
--- a/components/server/ee/src/container-module.ts
+++ b/components/server/ee/src/container-module.ts
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import { GitLabApp } from "./prebuilds/gitlab-app";
 import { BitbucketApp } from "./prebuilds/bitbucket-app";
 import { GitHubEnterpriseApp } from "./prebuilds/github-enterprise-app";
 import { IncrementalPrebuildsService } from "./prebuilds/incremental-prebuilds-service";
-import { IPrefixContextParser } from "../../src/workspace/context-parser";
-import { StartPrebuildContextParser } from "./prebuilds/start-prebuild-context-parser";
 import { WorkspaceFactory } from "../../src/workspace/workspace-factory";
 import { WorkspaceFactoryEE } from "./workspace/workspace-factory";
 import { MonitoringEndpointsAppEE } from "./monitoring-endpoint-ee";
@@ -72,7 +70,6 @@ export const productionEEContainerModule = new ContainerModule((bind, unbind, is
     rebind(MonitoringEndpointsApp).to(MonitoringEndpointsAppEE).inSingletonScope();
 
     bind(PrebuildManager).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
-    bind(IPrefixContextParser).to(StartPrebuildContextParser).inSingletonScope();
     bind(GithubApp).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
     bind(GitHubAppSupport).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
     bind(GithubAppRules).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
diff --git a/components/server/ee/src/prebuilds/start-prebuild-context-parser.ts b/components/server/ee/src/prebuilds/start-prebuild-context-parser.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9594c329478307..00000000000000
--- a/components/server/ee/src/prebuilds/start-prebuild-context-parser.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2020 Gitpod GmbH. All rights reserved.
- * Licensed under the Gitpod Enterprise Source Code License,
- * See License.enterprise.txt in the project root folder.
- */
-
-import { User, WorkspaceContext, StartPrebuildContext, IssueContext, ContextURL } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol";
-import { injectable } from "inversify";
-import { IPrefixContextParser } from "../../../src/workspace/context-parser";
-
-@injectable()
-export class StartPrebuildContextParser implements IPrefixContextParser {
-    static PREFIX = ContextURL.PREBUILD_PREFIX + "/";
-
-    findPrefix(user: User, context: string): string | undefined {
-        if (context.startsWith(StartPrebuildContextParser.PREFIX)) {
-            return StartPrebuildContextParser.PREFIX;
-        }
-    }
-
-    public async handle(user: User, prefix: string, context: WorkspaceContext): Promise<WorkspaceContext> {
-        if (IssueContext.is(context)) {
-            throw new Error("cannot start prebuilds on an issue context");
-        }
-
-        const result: StartPrebuildContext = {
-            title: `Prebuild of "${context.title}"`,
-            actual: context,
-        };
-        return result;
-    }
-}