diff --git a/boards.txt b/boards.txt
index faa7f94a9..2363fe2a6 100644
--- a/boards.txt
+++ b/boards.txt
@@ -41448,7 +41448,7 @@ sensebox_eye.menu.PartitionScheme.tinyuf2=TinyUF2 Compatibility (2MB APP/12MB FF
 sensebox_eye.menu.PartitionScheme.tinyuf2.build.custom_bootloader=bootloader_tinyuf2
 sensebox_eye.menu.PartitionScheme.tinyuf2.build.custom_partitions=partitions_tinyuf2
 sensebox_eye.menu.PartitionScheme.tinyuf2.upload.maximum_size=2097152
-sensebox_eye.menu.PartitionScheme.tinyuf2.upload.extra_flags=0x410000 "{runtime.platform.path}/variants/{build.variant}/tinyuf2.bin" 0x210000 "{runtime.platform.path}/variants/{build.variant}/APOTA.bin"
+sensebox_eye.menu.PartitionScheme.tinyuf2.upload.extra_flags=0x410000 "{runtime.platform.path}/variants/{build.variant}/tinyuf2.bin"
 sensebox_eye.menu.PartitionScheme.gen4esp32scheme4=Huge App (16MB APP)
 sensebox_eye.menu.PartitionScheme.gen4esp32scheme4.build.custom_partitions=gen4esp32_16MBapp
 sensebox_eye.menu.PartitionScheme.gen4esp32scheme4.upload.maximum_size=16646144
diff --git a/variants/sensebox_eye/APOTA.bin b/variants/sensebox_eye/APOTA.bin
deleted file mode 100644
index 571336d37..000000000
Binary files a/variants/sensebox_eye/APOTA.bin and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/variants/sensebox_eye/APOTA.ino b/variants/sensebox_eye/APOTA.ino
deleted file mode 100644
index afb741499..000000000
--- a/variants/sensebox_eye/APOTA.ino
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,287 +0,0 @@
-// APOTA is a arduino fallback sketch that is written to OTA1_Partition. 
-// APOTA opens an access point which waits to receive a .binfile on /sketch. 
-// After succesful upload, the file is written to OTA0_Partition and the microcontroller reboots to the newly uploaded sketch.
-
-#define DISPLAY_ENABLED
-
-#include <WiFi.h>
-#include <WebServer.h>
-#include <ESPmDNS.h>
-#include <WiFiAP.h>
-#include <Update.h>
-#include <Wire.h>
-#ifdef DISPLAY_ENABLED
-#define SCREEN_WIDTH  128
-#define SCREEN_HEIGHT 64
-#define OLED_RESET    -1
-#include <Adafruit_GFX.h>
-#include <Adafruit_SSD1306.h>
-Adafruit_SSD1306 display(SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT, &Wire, OLED_RESET);
-#include <Adafruit_NeoPixel.h>
-Adafruit_NeoPixel rgb_led_1 = Adafruit_NeoPixel(1, 1, NEO_GRB + NEO_KHZ800);
-
-#endif
-#include "esp_partition.h"
-#include "esp_ota_ops.h"
-#include "esp_system.h"
-
-String ssid;
-uint8_t mac[6];
-
-// Create an instance of the server
-WebServer server(80);
-bool displayEnabled;
-
-const int BUTTON_PIN = 0;                       // GPIO for the button
-volatile unsigned long lastPressTime = 0;       // Time of last button press
-volatile bool doublePressDetected = false;      // Flag for double press
-const unsigned long doublePressInterval = 500;  // Max. time (in ms) between two presses for double press
-volatile int pressCount = 0;                    // Counts the button presses
-
-const unsigned char epd_bitmap_wifi[] PROGMEM = {
-  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x00, 0x1f, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0xff, 0xf0, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x07, 0xff, 0xfc, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1f, 0xe0, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x3f, 0x00, 0x0f, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x7c, 0x00, 0x03, 0xe0, 0x00, 0x00, 0xf0, 0x00, 0x01, 0xf0, 0x00, 0x01, 0xe0, 0x00, 0x00, 0x78, 0x00,
-  0x03, 0xc0, 0x00, 0x00, 0x38, 0x00, 0x07, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1c, 0x00, 0x0f, 0x00, 0x06, 0x00, 0x0e, 0x00, 0x0e, 0x00, 0x7f, 0xe0, 0x0e, 0x00,
-  0x0c, 0x01, 0xff, 0xf0, 0x06, 0x00, 0x00, 0x07, 0xff, 0xfc, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0f, 0x80, 0x3e, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1f, 0x00, 0x0f, 0x00, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x1c, 0x00, 0x07, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x38, 0x00, 0x03, 0xc0, 0x00, 0x00, 0x70, 0x00, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x00, 0x00, 0x70, 0x00, 0x00, 0xc0, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x20, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1f, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x7f, 0xc0, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xe0, 0x00, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x01, 0xe0, 0xf0, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x78, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03, 0x80, 0x38, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x06, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x06, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
-};
-
-// 'checkmark', 44x44px
-const unsigned char epd_bitmap_checkmark[] PROGMEM = {
-  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x07, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0f, 0x00, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1e, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x3c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x78, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0e, 0x00, 0xf0, 0x00, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x0f, 0x01, 0xe0, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0f, 0x83, 0xc0, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x07, 0xc7, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03, 0xef, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x01, 0xfe, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xfc, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x78, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
-};
-
-void IRAM_ATTR handleButtonPress() {
-  unsigned long currentTime = millis();  // Get current time
-
-  // Debounce: If the current press is too close to the last one, ignore it
-  if (currentTime - lastPressTime > 50) {
-    pressCount++;  // Count the button press
-
-    // Check if this is the second press within the double-press interval
-    if (pressCount == 2 && (currentTime - lastPressTime <= doublePressInterval)) {
-      doublePressDetected = true;  // Double press detected
-      pressCount = 0;              // Reset counter
-    }
-
-    lastPressTime = currentTime;  // Update the time of the last press
-  }
-}
-
-// Function to switch the boot partition to OTA1
-void setBootPartitionToOTA0() {
-  const esp_partition_t *ota0_partition = esp_partition_find_first(ESP_PARTITION_TYPE_APP, ESP_PARTITION_SUBTYPE_APP_OTA_0, NULL);
-
-  if (ota0_partition) {
-    // Set OTA1 as new boot partition
-    esp_ota_set_boot_partition(ota0_partition);
-    Serial.println("Boot partition changed to OTA0. Restarting...");
-
-    // Restart to boot from the new partition
-    esp_restart();
-  } else {
-    Serial.println("OTA1 partition not found!");
-  }
-}
-
-void setupDisplay() {
-  displayEnabled = display.begin(SSD1306_SWITCHCAPVCC, 0x3D);
-  if (displayEnabled) {
-    display.display();
-    delay(100);
-    display.clearDisplay();
-  }
-}
-
-void displayStatusBar(int progress) {
-  display.clearDisplay();
-  display.setCursor(24, 8);
-  display.println("Sketch wird");
-  display.setCursor(22, 22);
-  display.println("hochgeladen!");
-
-  display.fillRect(0, SCREEN_HEIGHT - 24, SCREEN_WIDTH - 4, 8, BLACK);  // Clear status bar area
-  display.drawRect(0, SCREEN_HEIGHT - 24, SCREEN_WIDTH - 4, 8, WHITE);  // Draw border
-  int filledWidth = (progress * SCREEN_WIDTH - 4) / 100;                // Calculate progress width
-  display.fillRect(1, SCREEN_HEIGHT - 23, filledWidth - 4, 6, WHITE);   // Fill progress bar
-
-  display.setCursor((SCREEN_WIDTH / 2) - 12, SCREEN_HEIGHT - 10);
-  display.setTextSize(1);
-  display.setTextColor(WHITE, BLACK);
-  display.print(progress);
-  display.println(" %");
-  display.display();
-}
-
-void displayWelcomeScreen() {
-  display.clearDisplay();
-
-  // Draw WiFi symbol
-  display.drawBitmap(0, 12, epd_bitmap_wifi, 44, 44, WHITE);
-
-  // Display SSID text
-  display.setCursor(40, 13);
-  display.setTextSize(1);
-  display.setTextColor(WHITE, BLACK);
-  display.println("Verbinde dich");  // "Connect"
-  display.setCursor(60, 27);
-  display.println("mit:");  // "with"
-
-  // Display SSID
-  display.setCursor(40, 43);
-  display.setTextSize(1);  // Larger text for SSID
-  display.print(ssid);
-
-  display.display();
-}
-
-void displaySuccessScreen() {
-  display.clearDisplay();
-
-  // Draw WiFi symbol
-  display.drawBitmap(0, 12, epd_bitmap_checkmark, 44, 44, WHITE);
-
-  // Display SSID text
-  display.setCursor(48, 22);
-  display.setTextSize(1);
-  display.setTextColor(WHITE, BLACK);
-  display.println("Erfolgreich");  // "Successfully"
-  display.setCursor(48, 36);
-  display.println("hochgeladen!");  // "uploaded!"
-
-  display.display();
-}
-
-void wipeDisplay() {
-  display.clearDisplay();
-  display.println("");
-  display.display();
-}
-
-void setupWiFi() {
-  WiFi.macAddress(mac);
-  char macLastFour[5];
-  snprintf(macLastFour, sizeof(macLastFour), "%02X%02X", mac[4], mac[5]);
-  ssid = "senseBox:" + String(macLastFour);
-
-  // Define the IP address, gateway, and subnet mask
-  IPAddress local_IP(192, 168, 1, 1);  // The new IP address
-  IPAddress gateway(192, 168, 1, 1);   // Gateway address (can be the same as the AP's IP)
-  IPAddress subnet(255, 255, 255, 0);  // Subnet mask
-
-  // Set the IP address, gateway, and subnet mask of the access point
-  WiFi.softAPConfig(local_IP, gateway, subnet);
-
-  // Start the access point
-  WiFi.softAP(ssid.c_str());
-}
-
-void setupOTA() {
-  // Handle updating process
-  server.on(
-    "/sketch", HTTP_POST,
-    []() {
-      server.sendHeader("Connection", "close");
-      server.send(200, "text/plain", (Update.hasError()) ? "FAIL" : "OK");
-      ESP.restart();
-    },
-    []() {
-      HTTPUpload &upload = server.upload();
-
-      if (upload.status == UPLOAD_FILE_START) {
-        Serial.setDebugOutput(true);
-        size_t fsize = UPDATE_SIZE_UNKNOWN;
-        if (server.clientContentLength() > 0) {
-          fsize = server.clientContentLength();
-        }
-        Serial.printf("Receiving Update: %s, Size: %d\n", upload.filename.c_str(), fsize);
-
-        Serial.printf("Update: %s\n", upload.filename.c_str());
-        if (!Update.begin(fsize)) {  //start with max available size
-          Update.printError(Serial);
-        }
-      } else if (upload.status == UPLOAD_FILE_WRITE) {
-        /* flashing firmware to ESP*/
-        if (Update.write(upload.buf, upload.currentSize) != upload.currentSize) {
-          Update.printError(Serial);
-        } else {
-          int progress = (Update.progress() * 100) / Update.size();
-          displayStatusBar(progress);  // Update progress on status bar
-        }
-      } else if (upload.status == UPLOAD_FILE_END) {
-        if (Update.end(true)) {  //true to set the size to the current progress
-          displaySuccessScreen();
-          delay(3000);
-          wipeDisplay();
-        } else {
-          Update.printError(Serial);
-        }
-        Serial.setDebugOutput(false);
-      }
-      yield();
-    }
-  );
-}
-
-void setup() {
-  // Start Serial communication
-  Serial.begin(115200);
-  rgb_led_1.begin();
-  rgb_led_1.setBrightness(30);
-  rgb_led_1.setPixelColor(0, rgb_led_1.Color(51, 51, 255));
-  rgb_led_1.show();
-
-  // Configure button pin as input
-  pinMode(BUTTON_PIN, INPUT_PULLUP);
-
-  // Interrupt for the button
-  attachInterrupt(digitalPinToInterrupt(BUTTON_PIN), handleButtonPress, FALLING);
-
-#ifdef DISPLAY_ENABLED
-  setupDisplay();
-#endif
-  setupWiFi();
-  // Set the ESP32 as an access point
-  setupOTA();
-  server.begin();
-}
-
-void loop() {
-  // Handle client requests
-  server.handleClient();
-
-#ifdef DISPLAY_ENABLED
-  displayWelcomeScreen();
-#endif
-
-  if (doublePressDetected) {
-    Serial.println("Doppeldruck erkannt!");  // "Double press detected!"
-    setBootPartitionToOTA0();
-#ifdef DISPLAY_ENABLED
-    display.setCursor(0, 0);
-    display.setTextSize(1);
-    display.setTextColor(WHITE, BLACK);
-    display.println("");
-    display.display();
-    delay(50);
-#endif
-    // Restart to boot from the new partition
-    esp_restart();
-  }
-}
diff --git a/variants/sensebox_eye/variant.cpp b/variants/sensebox_eye/variant.cpp
index 1eef83949..d8a37f587 100644
--- a/variants/sensebox_eye/variant.cpp
+++ b/variants/sensebox_eye/variant.cpp
@@ -1,34 +1,6 @@
-/*
- * The MIT License (MIT)
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2021 Ha Thach (tinyusb.org) for Adafruit Industries
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
- * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
- * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
- * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
- * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
- * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
- * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
- * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
- * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
- * THE SOFTWARE.
- */
-
 #include "esp32-hal-gpio.h"
 #include "pins_arduino.h"
 #include "driver/rmt_tx.h"
-#include "esp_log.h"
-#include "esp_partition.h"
-#include "esp_system.h"
-#include "esp_ota_ops.h"
 
 extern "C" {
 
@@ -72,29 +44,7 @@ void initVariant(void) {
     .loop_count = 0
   };
 
-  // define button pin
-  pinMode(47, INPUT_PULLUP);
-
-  // Check if button is pressed
-  if (digitalRead(47) == LOW) {
-    // When the button is pressed and then released, boot into the OTA1 partition
-    const esp_partition_t *ota1_partition = esp_partition_find_first(ESP_PARTITION_TYPE_APP, ESP_PARTITION_SUBTYPE_APP_OTA_1, NULL);
-
-    if (ota1_partition) {
-      esp_err_t err = esp_ota_set_boot_partition(ota1_partition);
-      if (err == ESP_OK) {
-        uint8_t pixel[3] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x10 }; // blue
-        blinkLED(pixel, led_chan, ws2812_encoder, tx_config);
-        esp_restart();  // restart, to boot OTA1 partition
-      } else {
-        uint8_t pixel[3] = { 0x00, 0x10, 0x00 }; // red
-        blinkLED(pixel, led_chan, ws2812_encoder, tx_config);
-        ESP_LOGE("OTA", "Error setting OTA1 partition: %s", esp_err_to_name(err));
-      }
-    }
-  } else {
-    uint8_t pixel[3] = { 0x10, 0x00, 0x00 }; // green
-    blinkLED(pixel, led_chan, ws2812_encoder, tx_config);
-  }
+  uint8_t pixel[3] = { 0x10, 0x00, 0x00 }; // green
+  blinkLED(pixel, led_chan, ws2812_encoder, tx_config);
 }
 }