diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/requests.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/requests.py
index dc1b7871ab..abbf84755e 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/requests.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/requests.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def landing(request, org, course, coursename):
 
 # points to the temporary edge page
 def edge(request):
-    return redirect('/dashboard')
+    return redirect('/')
 
 
 def event(request):
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/branding/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/branding/views.py
index 985dfa52d0..531b61f3ff 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/branding/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/branding/views.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from django_future.csrf import ensure_csrf_cookie
 
 import student.views
-import branding
 import courseware.views
 from mitxmako.shortcuts import marketing_link
 from util.cache import cache_if_anonymous
@@ -26,11 +25,7 @@ def index(request):
     if settings.MITX_FEATURES.get('ENABLE_MKTG_SITE'):
         return redirect(settings.MKTG_URLS.get('ROOT'))
 
-    university = branding.get_university(request.META.get('HTTP_HOST'))
-    if university is None:
-        return student.views.index(request, user=request.user)
-
-    return redirect('/')
+    return student.views.index(request, user=request.user)
 
 
 @ensure_csrf_cookie
@@ -44,8 +39,4 @@ def courses(request):
     if settings.MITX_FEATURES.get('ENABLE_MKTG_SITE', False):
         return redirect(marketing_link('COURSES'), permanent=True)
 
-    university = branding.get_university(request.META.get('HTTP_HOST'))
-    if university is None:
-        return courseware.views.courses(request)
-
-    return redirect('/')
+    return courseware.views.courses(request)