diff --git a/src/kibana/apps/examples/index.js b/src/kibana/apps/examples/index.js
index 0158ac66045e..34bf62ba25e8 100644
--- a/src/kibana/apps/examples/index.js
+++ b/src/kibana/apps/examples/index.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ define(function (require) {
   require('css!./styles/index.css');
 
   var app = angular.module('app/examples', []);
-  kibana.useModule(app);
 
   // main controller for the examples
   app.controller('examples', function ($scope, $location, courier) {
diff --git a/src/kibana/index.js b/src/kibana/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..91de1ed65380
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kibana/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/**
+ * main app level module
+ */
+define(function (require) {
+
+  var angular = require('angular');
+  var $ = require('jquery');
+  var _ = require('lodash');
+  var scopedRequire = require('require');
+  var setup = require('./setup');
+  var configFile = require('../config');
+
+  require('elasticsearch');
+  require('angular-route');
+
+  var kibana = angular.module('kibana', []);
+
+  var requiredAgularModules = [
+    'elasticsearch',
+    'ngRoute',
+    'kibana',
+    'kibana/controllers',
+    'kibana/directives',
+    'kibana/factories',
+    'kibana/services',
+    'kibana/filters',
+    'kibana/constants'
+  ];
+
+  requiredAgularModules.forEach(function (name) {
+    if (name.indexOf('kibana/') === 0) angular.module(name, []);
+  });
+
+  kibana.requires = requiredAgularModules;
+  kibana.value('configFile', configFile);
+
+  kibana.config(function ($routeProvider) {
+    $routeProvider
+      .otherwise({
+        redirectTo: '/' + configFile.defaultAppId
+      });
+
+    configFile.apps.forEach(function (app) {
+      $routeProvider.when('/' + app.id, {
+        templateUrl: '/kibana/apps/' + app.id + '/index.html'
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  setup(kibana, function (err) {
+    if (err) throw err;
+
+    // once all of the required modules are loaded, bootstrap angular
+    function bootstrap() {
+      $(function () {
+        angular.bootstrap(document, requiredAgularModules);
+      });
+    }
+
+    // do some requirejs loading in parallel, otherwise we
+    // would have to track everything in the r.js optimization
+    // config
+    var out = 0;
+    function loaded() {
+      out ++;
+      return function () {
+        out--;
+        if (!out) {
+          // all of the callbacks have been called
+          bootstrap();
+        }
+      };
+    }
+
+    // require global modules
+    require([
+      'controllers/kibana',
+      'constants/base'
+    ], loaded());
+
+    // require each applications root module
+    // since these are created via .map the same operation
+    // must be done in the r.js optimizer config
+    require(configFile.apps.map(function (app) {
+      return 'apps/' + app.id + '/index';
+    }), loaded());
+  });
+
+  return kibana;
+});
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diff --git a/src/kibana/main.js b/src/kibana/main.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ed4c752baa2e..000000000000
--- a/src/kibana/main.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * main app level module
- */
-define(function (require) {
-
-  var angular = require('angular');
-  var $ = require('jquery');
-  var _ = require('lodash');
-  var scopedRequire = require('require');
-  var enableAsyncModules = require('utils/async_modules');
-  var setup = require('./setup');
-  var configFile = require('../config');
-
-  require('elasticsearch');
-  require('angular-route');
-
-  var kibana = angular.module('kibana', []);
-  enableAsyncModules(kibana);
-
-  var dependencies = [
-    'elasticsearch',
-    'ngRoute',
-    'kibana',
-    'kibana/controllers',
-    'kibana/directives',
-    'kibana/factories',
-    'kibana/services',
-    'kibana/filters',
-    'kibana/constants'
-  ];
-
-  dependencies.forEach(function (name) {
-    if (name.indexOf('kibana/') === 0) {
-      kibana.useModule(angular.module(name, []));
-    }
-  });
-
-  kibana.requires = dependencies;
-  kibana.value('configFile', configFile);
-
-  kibana.config(function ($routeProvider) {
-    $routeProvider
-      .otherwise({
-        redirectTo: '/discover'
-      });
-
-    configFile.apps.forEach(function (app) {
-      var deps = {};
-      deps['app/' + app.id] = function () {
-        return kibana.loadChildApp(app);
-      };
-
-      $routeProvider.when('/' + app.id, {
-        templateUrl: '/kibana/apps/' + app.id + '/index.html',
-        resolve: deps
-      });
-    });
-  });
-
-  kibana.run(function ($q) {
-    kibana.loadChildApp = function (app) {
-      var defer = $q.defer();
-
-      require([
-        'apps/' + app.id + '/index'
-      ], function () {
-        defer.resolve();
-        delete require.onError;
-      });
-
-      require.onError = function () {
-        defer.reject();
-      };
-
-      return defer.promise;
-    };
-  });
-
-  setup(kibana, function (err) {
-    if (err) throw err;
-
-    // load the elasticsearch service
-    require([
-      'controllers/kibana',
-      'constants/base'
-    ], function () {
-      // bootstrap the app
-      $(function () {
-        angular
-          .bootstrap(document, dependencies);
-      });
-    });
-  });
-
-  return kibana;
-});
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diff --git a/src/kibana/require.config.js b/src/kibana/require.config.js
index abcab000aaee..eaf685c0939d 100644
--- a/src/kibana/require.config.js
+++ b/src/kibana/require.config.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require.config({
   baseUrl: 'kibana',
   paths: {
-    kibana: './main',
+    kibana: './index',
     courier: '../courier',
     angular: '../bower_components/angular/angular',
     'angular-route': '../bower_components/angular-route/angular-route',
diff --git a/src/kibana/utils/async_modules.js b/src/kibana/utils/async_modules.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b41a27ba3e8a..000000000000
--- a/src/kibana/utils/async_modules.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-define(function (require) {
-  var _ = require('lodash');
-
-  /* TODO: this will probably fail to work when we have multiple apps.
-   * Might need to propogate registrations to multiple providers
-   */
-  function enable(app) {
-    // keep a reference to each module defined before boot, so that
-    // after boot it can define new features. Also serves as a flag.
-    var preBootModules = [];
-
-    // the functions needed to register different
-    // features defined after boot
-    var registerFns = {};
-
-    app.config(function ($controllerProvider, $compileProvider, $filterProvider, $provide) {
-      // this is how the internet told me to dynamically add modules :/
-      registerFns = {
-        controller: $controllerProvider.register,
-        directive: $compileProvider.directive,
-        factory: $provide.factory,
-        service: $provide.service,
-        constant: $provide.constant,
-        value: $provide.value,
-        filter: $filterProvider.register
-      };
-    });
-
-    /**
-     * Modules that need to register components within the application after
-     * bootstrapping is complete need to pass themselves to this method.
-     *
-     * @param  {object} module - The Angular module
-     * @return {object} module
-     */
-    app.useModule = function (module) {
-      if (preBootModules) {
-        preBootModules.push(module);
-      } else {
-        _.extend(module, registerFns);
-      }
-      return module;
-    };
-
-    /**
-     * Called after app is bootrapped to enable asyncModules
-     * @return {[type]} [description]
-     */
-    app.run(function () {
-      _.each(preBootModules, function (module) {
-        _.extend(module, registerFns);
-      });
-      preBootModules = false;
-    });
-  }
-
-  return enable;
-});
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