diff --git a/src/milla/app.py b/src/milla/app.py
index e53f9ce..654b2ec 100644
--- a/src/milla/app.py
+++ b/src/milla/app.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class BaseApplication(object):
 
     def __init__(self):
         self.config = self.DEFAULT_CONFIG.copy()
-        self.setup_routes()
+        self.dispatcher = None
 
     def __call__(self, environ, start_response):
         start_response = StartResponseWrapper(start_response)
@@ -148,15 +148,6 @@ class BaseApplication(object):
         if filename and os.access(filename, os.R_OK):
             self.config.update(util.read_config(filename))
 
-    def setup_routes(self):
-        '''Initialize the request dispatcher
-
-        The default implementation of this method does nothing, but it
-        is called when an instance of :py:class:`BaseApplication` is
-        created, and can be used by subclasses to set up the request
-        dispatcher.
-        '''
-
     def make_request(self, environ):
         '''Create a :py:class:`~milla.Request` from a WSGI environment