diff --git a/Makefile.local b/Makefile.local
index 080b501b..c26b31d0 100644
--- a/Makefile.local
+++ b/Makefile.local
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
-SWH_WEB_UI=./bin/swh-web-dev
-FLAG=
-NOSEFLAGS=-v -s
 TOOL=pandoc
 
-run-dev:
-	$(SWH_WEB_UI) $(FLAG) --config ./resources/test/webapp.yml
-
 run: # works with the default ~/.config/swh/webapp.yml file
-	$(SWH_WEB_UI) $(FLAG)
+	cd swh/web && python3 manage.py runserver
 
 doc:
 	cd swh/web/api/templates/includes/ && pandoc -o apidoc-header.html apidoc-header.md
diff --git a/bin/swh-web-dev b/bin/swh-web-dev
deleted file mode 100755
index 15c30c8a..00000000
--- a/bin/swh-web-dev
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
-# Copyright (C) 2015  The Software Heritage developers
-# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
-# License: GNU Affero General Public License version 3, or any later version
-# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
-
-
-import argparse
-import django
-import os
-
-# need to setup django settings before importing django modules
-# with django 1.7 (debian jessie)
-os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "swh.web.settings") # noqa
-
-from django.core import management # noqa
-
-from django.core.management.commands.runserver import ( # noqa
-    Command as runserver
-)
-
-from swh.web import config # noqa
-
-# Default configuration file
-DEFAULT_CONF_FILE = '~/.config/swh/webapp.yml'
-
-
-def parse_args():
-    """Parse the configuration for the cli.
-    """
-    cli = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="SWH's web ui.")
-
-    cli.add_argument('--config', '-c', help='configuration file path')
-
-    args = cli.parse_args()
-
-    return args
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    args = parse_args()
-    config_path = args.config or DEFAULT_CONF_FILE
-    swh_web_config = config.get_config(config_path)
-    runserver.default_port = swh_web_config['port']
-    runserver.default_addr = swh_web_config['host']
-    django.setup()
-    management.call_command('runserver')