diff --git a/goofy-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/goofy/RootController.java b/goofy-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/goofy/RootController.java
index ef7c8f39c940a9ba2192b0957a27beb4745ca661..a2ea4de838cd30a4e69ea22ededfe7d03ecd62b4 100644
--- a/goofy-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/goofy/RootController.java
+++ b/goofy-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/goofy/RootController.java
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ import org.springframework.hateoas.Link;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
-import org.springframework.web.client.RestClientException;
-import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 
 import de.itvsh.goofy.common.ModelBuilder;
 import de.itvsh.goofy.common.downloadtoken.DownloadTokenController;
@@ -24,9 +22,7 @@ import de.itvsh.goofy.common.user.UserId;
 import de.itvsh.goofy.common.user.UserProfileController;
 import de.itvsh.goofy.common.user.UserRole;
 import de.itvsh.goofy.vorgang.VorgangController;
-import lombok.extern.log4j.Log4j2;
 
-@Log4j2
 @RestController
 @RequestMapping("/api")
 public class RootController {
@@ -39,24 +35,20 @@ public class RootController {
 	static final String REL_DOWNLOAD_TOKEN = "downloadToken";
 	static final String REL_CURRENT_USER = "currentUser";
 
-	private static final String userManagerHealthPath = "/q/health"; // NOSONAR
-
 	@Autowired(required = false)
 	public BuildProperties buildProperties;
 	@Autowired
 	private CurrentUserService currentUserService;
-	@Autowired
-	private RestTemplate restTemplate;
 
-	@Value("${kop.user-manager.url}")
+	@Value("${kop.user-manager.url:}")
 	private String userManagerUrl;
 
-	@Value("${kop.user-manager.profile-template}")
+	@Value("${kop.user-manager.profile-template:}")
 	private String userProfileTemplate;
 
 	@GetMapping
 	public EntityModel<RootResource> getRootResource() {
-		return ModelBuilder.fromEntity(new RootResource())
+		var model = ModelBuilder.fromEntity(new RootResource())
 				.ifMatch(this::hasRole).addLinks(
 						linkTo(RootController.class).withSelfRel(),
 						linkTo(VorgangController.class).withRel(REL_VORGAENGE),
@@ -66,9 +58,13 @@ public class RootController {
 				.ifMatch(this::hasVerwaltungRole).addLinks(
 						buildVorgangListByPageLink(REL_MY_VORGAENGE, Optional.of(currentUserService.getUserId())),
 						buildVorgangListByPageLink(REL_SEARCH_MY_VORGAENGE, Optional.of(currentUserService.getUserId())))
-				.ifMatch(this::hasUserManager).addLinks(
-						Link.of(String.format(getUserProfilesUrl(), currentUserService.getUserId()), REL_CURRENT_USER))
 				.buildModel();
+
+		getUserProfilesUrl().ifPresent(urlTemplate -> {
+			model.add(Link.of(String.format(urlTemplate, currentUserService.getUserId()), REL_CURRENT_USER));
+		});
+
+		return model;
 	}
 
 	boolean hasRole() {
@@ -80,34 +76,12 @@ public class RootController {
 				|| currentUserService.hasRole(UserRole.VERWALTUNG_POSTSTELLE);
 	}
 
-	boolean hasUserManager() {
-		String url = getUsermanagerHeathUrl();
-		if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(url)) {
-			return isServiceAvailable(url);
-		}
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	private boolean isServiceAvailable(String url) {
-		try {
-			String status = restTemplate.getForObject(url, String.class);
-			return StringUtils.isNotEmpty(status) && status.contains("\"status\": \"UP\"");
-		} catch (RestClientException e) {
-			LOG.error("Error retrieving usermanager health status", e);
-			return false;
-		}
-	}
-
-	String getUsermanagerHeathUrl() {
-		if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(userManagerUrl)) {
-			return userManagerUrl + userManagerHealthPath;
+	Optional<String> getUserProfilesUrl() {
+		if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(userManagerUrl) && StringUtils.isNotEmpty(userProfileTemplate)) {
+			return Optional.of(userManagerUrl + userProfileTemplate);
 		}
 
-		return null;
-	}
-
-	String getUserProfilesUrl() {
-		return userManagerUrl + userProfileTemplate;
+		return Optional.empty();
 	}
 
 	private Link buildVorgangListByPageLink(String linkRel, Optional<UserId> assignedTo) {
diff --git a/goofy-server/src/test/java/de/itvsh/goofy/RootControllerTest.java b/goofy-server/src/test/java/de/itvsh/goofy/RootControllerTest.java
index 6d8671312ad74a19f774a187bbe23f4bf439af09..9507c845040141269402a1171358c235b62dad91 100644
--- a/goofy-server/src/test/java/de/itvsh/goofy/RootControllerTest.java
+++ b/goofy-server/src/test/java/de/itvsh/goofy/RootControllerTest.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.
 
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.ZoneOffset;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
@@ -22,8 +23,6 @@ import org.springframework.hateoas.Link;
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.ResultActions;
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.setup.MockMvcBuilders;
-import org.springframework.web.client.RestClientException;
-import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 
 import de.itvsh.goofy.common.user.CurrentUserService;
 import de.itvsh.goofy.common.user.GoofyUserTestFactory;
@@ -41,8 +40,6 @@ class RootControllerTest {
 	private BuildProperties properties;
 	@Mock
 	private CurrentUserService currentUserService;
-	@Mock
-	private RestTemplate restTemplate;
 
 	private MockMvc mockMvc;
 
@@ -171,17 +168,10 @@ class RootControllerTest {
 			@DisplayName("when usermanager url is configured")
 			@Nested
 			class UsermanagerUrlConfigured {
-
-				@BeforeEach
-				void init() {
-					when(controller.getUsermanagerHeathUrl()).thenReturn("http://localhost:9092/q/health");
-					when(controller.getUserProfilesUrl()).thenReturn("http://localhost:9092/api/userProfiles/%s");
-					when(currentUserService.getUserId()).thenReturn(GoofyUserTestFactory.ID);
-				}
-
 				@Test
 				void shouldHaveCurrentUserLink() {
-					when(restTemplate.getForObject(anyString(), eq(String.class))).thenReturn("{\"status\": \"UP\"}");
+					when(controller.getUserProfilesUrl()).thenReturn(Optional.of("http://localhost:9092/api/userProfiles/%s"));
+					when(currentUserService.getUserId()).thenReturn(GoofyUserTestFactory.ID);
 
 					var model = controller.getRootResource();
 
@@ -189,24 +179,6 @@ class RootControllerTest {
 							.isEqualTo(Link.of("http://localhost:9092/api/userProfiles/" + GoofyUserTestFactory.ID, RootController.REL_CURRENT_USER)
 									.getHref());
 				}
-
-				@Test
-				void shouldNotHaveCurrentUserLinkWhenDown() {
-					when(restTemplate.getForObject(anyString(), eq(String.class))).thenReturn("{\"status\": \"DOWN\"}");
-
-					var model = controller.getRootResource();
-
-					assertThat(model.getLink(RootController.REL_CURRENT_USER)).isNotPresent();
-				}
-
-				@Test
-				void shouldNotHaveCurrentUserLinkWhenError() {
-					when(restTemplate.getForObject(anyString(), eq(String.class))).thenThrow(new RestClientException("Test error"));
-
-					var model = controller.getRootResource();
-
-					assertThat(model.getLink(RootController.REL_CURRENT_USER)).isNotPresent();
-				}
 			}
 
 			@DisplayName("when usermanager url is not configured")