diff --git a/packages/mindplot/src/components/widget/LoadingModal.js b/packages/mindplot/src/components/widget/LoadingModal.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e4ff2a6..00000000
--- a/packages/mindplot/src/components/widget/LoadingModal.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *    Copyright [2022] [wisemapping]
- *
- *   Licensed under WiseMapping Public License, Version 1.0 (the "License").
- *   It is basically the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License") plus the
- *   "powered by wisemapping" text requirement on every single page;
- *   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- *   You may obtain a copy of the license at
- *
- *       http://www.wisemapping.org/license
- *
- *   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- *   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- *   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- *   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- *   limitations under the License.
- */
-import $ from 'jquery';
-
-class LoadingModal {
-  constructor() {
-    this.element = $(
-      `<div id="load" class="modal fade" data-keyboard="false" data-backdrop="static" 
-        style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: center">
-            <div class="modal-dialog" >
-                <div style="height: 120px; text-align: center; border: 2px solid orange" class="modal-content">
-                    <img style="margin-top:25px; text-align: center" src="images/ajax-loader.gif">
-                </div>
-            </div>
-         </div>`,
-    );
-    this.element.modal('hide');
-    this.element.appendTo(document.body);
-  }
-
-  show() {
-    this.element.modal('show');
-  }
-
-  hide() {
-    this.element.modal('hide');
-  }
-}
-
-export default LoadingModal;
diff --git a/packages/mindplot/src/indexLoader.ts b/packages/mindplot/src/indexLoader.ts
index 082a14d5..3e4556a9 100644
--- a/packages/mindplot/src/indexLoader.ts
+++ b/packages/mindplot/src/indexLoader.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import jquery from 'jquery';
 import {
   $notify,
 } from './components/widget/ToolbarNotifier';
-import LoadingModal from './components/widget/LoadingModal';
 import {
   buildDesigner,
 } from './components/DesignerBuilder';
@@ -37,9 +36,6 @@ import DesignerOptionsBuilder from './components/DesignerOptionsBuilder';
 global.jQuery = jquery;
 require('@libraries/bootstrap/js/bootstrap');
 
-const loadingModal = new LoadingModal();
-loadingModal.show();
-
 // Configure designer options ...
 let persistence:PersistenceManager;
 if (!global.memoryPersistence && !global.readOnly) {
@@ -71,10 +67,6 @@ const options = DesignerOptionsBuilder.buildOptions(
 // Build designer ...
 const designer = buildDesigner(options);
 
-designer.addEvent('loadSuccess', () => {
-  loadingModal.hide();
-});
-
 // Load map from XML file persisted on disk...
 const instance = PersistenceManager.getInstance();
 const mindmap = instance.load(global.mapId);
diff --git a/packages/mindplot/test/playground/map-render/js/editor.js b/packages/mindplot/test/playground/map-render/js/editor.js
index 6e563d63..7b3a8e75 100644
--- a/packages/mindplot/test/playground/map-render/js/editor.js
+++ b/packages/mindplot/test/playground/map-render/js/editor.js
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 import '../css/editor.css';
 import { buildDesigner } from '../../../../src/components/DesignerBuilder';
 import { PersistenceManager, LocalStorageManager } from '../../../../src';
-import LoadingModal from '../../../../src/components/widget/LoadingModal';
 import DesignerOptionsBuilder from '../../../../src/components/DesignerOptionsBuilder';
 
 // Account details ...
 global.accountName = 'Test User';
 global.accountEmail = 'test@example.com';
 
-const loadingModal = new LoadingModal();
-loadingModal.show();
-
 const p = new LocalStorageManager('samples/{id}.wxml');
 const options = DesignerOptionsBuilder.buildOptions({ 
   persistenceManager: p
@@ -18,7 +14,6 @@ const options = DesignerOptionsBuilder.buildOptions({
 const designer = buildDesigner(options);
 
 designer.addEvent('loadSuccess', () => {
-  loadingModal.hide();
   // Hack for automation testing ...
   document.getElementById('mindplot').classList.add('ready');
 });
diff --git a/packages/mindplot/test/playground/map-render/js/viewmode.js b/packages/mindplot/test/playground/map-render/js/viewmode.js
index 802bf6a0..b5b0fe0e 100644
--- a/packages/mindplot/test/playground/map-render/js/viewmode.js
+++ b/packages/mindplot/test/playground/map-render/js/viewmode.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { buildDesigner } from '../../../../src/components/DesignerBuilder';
 import { PersistenceManager, LocalStorageManager } from '../../../../src';
 import DesignerOptionsBuilder from '../../../../src/components/DesignerOptionsBuilder';
 
-
 const p = new LocalStorageManager('samples/{id}.wxml');
 const options = DesignerOptionsBuilder.buildOptions({ persistenceManager: p, readOnly: true, saveOnLoad: false });