diff --git a/frappe/hooks.py b/frappe/hooks.py
index 97a8b70953..3e206f0ad3 100644
--- a/frappe/hooks.py
+++ b/frappe/hooks.py
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ website_route_rules = [
 	{"from_route": "/kb/<category>", "to_route": "Help Article"},
 	{"from_route": "/newsletters", "to_route": "Newsletter"},
 	{"from_route": "/profile", "to_route": "me"},
+	{"from_route": "/app/<path:app_path>", "to_route": "app"},
+]
+
+website_redirects = [
+	{"source": r"/desk(.*)", "target": r"/app\1"},
 ]
 
 base_template = "templates/base.html"
diff --git a/frappe/website/render.py b/frappe/website/render.py
index 5c19a3eb25..af3b18b233 100644
--- a/frappe/website/render.py
+++ b/frappe/website/render.py
@@ -252,13 +252,6 @@ def resolve_path(path):
 	if path != "index":
 		path = resolve_from_map(path)
 
-	if path.startswith("app"):
-		path = "app"
-
-	# to keep backward compatibility
-	if path.startswith("desk"):
-		path = "app"
-
 	return path
 
 def resolve_from_map(path):