diff --git a/imports/modules/server/notificationsProcess.js b/imports/modules/server/notificationsProcess.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 657aa2a..0000000
--- a/imports/modules/server/notificationsProcess.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,153 +0,0 @@
-/* eslint-disable import/no-absolute-path */
-
-import { Meteor } from 'meteor/meteor';
-import Notifications from '/imports/api/Notifications/Notifications';
-import i18n from 'i18next';
-import moment from 'moment';
-import { dateLongFormat } from '/imports/api/Common/dates';
-// import sendMail from '/imports/startup/server/email';
-import sendEmail, { subjectTruncate } from '/imports/modules/server/send-email';
-import { isMailServerMaster } from '/imports/startup/server/email';
-// import { hr } from '/imports/startup/server/email';
-import getEmailOf from '/imports/modules/get-email-of-user';
-import image from 'google-maps-image-api-url';
-import gcm from 'node-gcm';
-import { trim } from '/imports/ui/components/NotificationsObserver/util.js';
-import ravenLogger from '/imports/startup/server/ravenLogger';
-
-let validFcmSender = true;
-
-if (!(Meteor.settings.private.fcmApiToken && Meteor.settings.private.fcmApiToken.length > 0)) {
-  console.warn('Missing settings.private.fcmApiToken key, mobile notifications will not work');
-  validFcmSender = false;
-}
-
-// https://www.npmjs.com/package/google-maps-image-api-url
-// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24355007/is-there-no-way-to-embed-a-google-map-into-an-html-email
-// https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/static-maps/intro
-function imgUrl(lat, lng) {
-  return image({
-    key: Meteor.settings.gmaps.key,
-    type: 'staticmap',
-    center: `${lat},${lng}`,
-    size: '640x480',
-    zoom: 16,
-    maptype: 'hybrid',
-    language: 'es',
-    markers: `icon: ${Meteor.settings.private.fireIconUrl}|${lat},${lng}`
-  });
-}
-
-/*
-   function imgEl(lat, lng) {
-   return `<img src="${imgUrl(lat, lng)}" width="640" height="480"/>`;
-   } */
-
-// Cutover flag (fase 1a): channels listed in
-// Meteor.settings.private.notifDisabledChannels (e.g. ['mobile','web']) are
-// handled by the tcef-notifications microservice, so the old observer/cron must
-// NOT send them. Mutual exclusion per channel — reversible by editing settings,
-// no code deploy needed. ES5-compatible on purpose (Meteor 1.6 / Node 8).
-const notifDisabledChannels = (Meteor.settings.private && Meteor.settings.private.notifDisabledChannels) || [];
-
-const processNotif = (notif) => {
-  if (notifDisabledChannels.indexOf(notif.type) !== -1) {
-    // This channel was migrated to tcef-notifications; do nothing here.
-    return;
-  }
-  if (isMailServerMaster && validFcmSender && notif.type === 'mobile' && notif.notified !== true) {
-    const fcmSender = new gcm.Sender(Meteor.settings.private.fcmApiToken);
-    const user = Meteor.users.findOne({ _id: notif.userId });
-    moment.locale(user.lang);
-    // duplicate code below
-    const body = `${trim(notif.content)}`;
-
-    // https://firebase.google.com/docs/cloud-messaging/concept-options
-    const msg = new gcm.Message();
-
-    msg.addNotification({
-      title: i18n.t('Alerta de fuego'),
-      body,
-      click_action: 'FLUTTER_NOTIFICATION_CLICK',
-      tag: notif._id, // prevent duplication of fire notifications
-      sound: 'default', // Indicates sound to be played. Supports only default currently.
-      icon: 'launch_image' // 'ic_launcher'
-    });
-
-    msg.addData('id', notif._id._str);
-    msg.addData('description', body);
-    msg.addData('lat', notif.geo.coordinates[1]);
-    msg.addData('lon', notif.geo.coordinates[0]);
-    msg.addData('when', notif.when);
-    msg.addData('subsId', notif.subsId._str);
-    msg.addData('sealed', notif.sealed);
-
-    const registrationTokens = [];
-    if (!user.fireBaseToken) {
-      console.warn('This mobile user doesn\'t have a firebase registration token');
-    } else {
-      registrationTokens.push(user.fireBaseToken);
-      // FIXME: better join users
-      if (validFcmSender) {
-        fcmSender.send(msg, { registrationTokens }, Meteor.bindEnvironment(function processResult(err, response) {
-          if (err) {
-            console.error(`FCM error: ${err}`);
-            // FIXME send to sentry
-            ravenLogger.log(err);
-          } else {
-            // console.log(`FCM response: ${response}`);
-            Notifications.update(notif._id, { $set: { notified: true, notifiedAt: new Date() } });
-          }
-        }));
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  if (isMailServerMaster && notif.type === 'web' && notif.emailNotified !== true) {
-    const user = Meteor.users.findOne({ _id: notif.userId });
-    const { firstName, emailAddress } = getEmailOf(user);
-
-    if (emailAddress) {
-      const img = imgUrl(notif.geo.coordinates[1], notif.geo.coordinates[0]);
-      //    const url = imgUrl(notif.geo.coordinates[1], notif.geo.coordinates[0]);
-      const fireUrl = `${Meteor.absoluteUrl('fire/')}${notif.sealed}`;
-      // const fireHtmlUrl = `<a href="${fireUrl}">${i18n.t('Más información sobre este fuego')}</a>`;
-      // TODO get _id of fire
-      // const fireTextUrl = `${i18n.t('Más información sobre este fuego')}:\n${fireUrl}`;
-      // FIXME use our map as url and static map as img
-      moment.locale(user.lang);
-      // moment user tz ?
-      const message = `${trim(notif.content)} (${i18n.t('fireDetectedAt', { when: dateLongFormat(notif.when) })}).`;
-
-      // TODO Comunes Address
-
-      const emailOpts = {
-        to: emailAddress,
-        // userName: firstName,
-        // sendAt: new Date(),
-        subject: subjectTruncate.apply(message),
-        // text: `${message}\n\n${fireTextUrl}\n\n`,
-        // template: '<body><h2>{{appName}}</h2>{{{html}}}</body>',
-        lang: user.lang,
-        template: 'new-fire',
-        templateVars: {
-          applicationName: i18n.t('AppName'),
-          firstName,
-          message,
-          fireUrl,
-          img,
-          subsUrl: Meteor.absoluteUrl('subscriptions')
-        }
-      };
-      sendEmail(emailOpts).catch((error) => {
-        throw new Meteor.Error('500', `${error}`);
-      });
-      // sendMail(emailOpts, true);
-      Notifications.update(notif._id, { $set: { emailNotified: true, emailNotifiedAt: new Date() } });
-    } else {
-      // Not email or not verified -> remove notif so we don't retry to send it
-      Notifications.remove({ _id: notif._id });
-    }
-  }
-};
-
-export default processNotif;
diff --git a/imports/startup/server/cron.js b/imports/startup/server/cron.js
index 843e55b..0004916 100644
--- a/imports/startup/server/cron.js
+++ b/imports/startup/server/cron.js
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 import { Meteor } from 'meteor/meteor';
 import { tweetIberiaFires, tweetEuropeFires } from '/imports/api/ActiveFires/server/tweetFiresInZone';
 import { isMailServerMaster, sendEmailsFromQueue } from '/imports/startup/server/email';
-import Notifications from '/imports/api/Notifications/Notifications';
-import processNotif from '/imports/modules/server/notificationsProcess.js';
 
 // https://github.com/thesaucecode/meteor-synced-cron/
 
@@ -55,29 +53,11 @@ Meteor.startup(() => {
       job: () => sendEmailsFromQueue()
     });
 
-    SyncedCron.add({
-      name: 'Process pending notif',
-      timezone: 'Europe/Madrid',
-      schedule: (parser) => {
-        // http://bunkat.github.io/later/
-        const sched = parser.text('every 15 min');
-        if (sched.error !== -1) {
-          console.error(`Mail cron 'when' field parsed with errors: ${sched.error}`);
-        }
-        return sched;
-      },
-      job: () => {
-        const mobileNotif = Notifications.find({ nofitied: null, type: 'mobile' });
-        mobileNotif.forEach((notif) => {
-          processNotif(notif);
-        });
-        const emailNotif = Notifications.find({ emailNofitied: null, type: 'web' });
-        emailNotif.forEach((notif) => {
-          processNotif(notif);
-        });
-        return { mobile: mobileNotif.count(), web: emailNotif.count() };
-      }
-    });
+    // NOTE: the "Process pending notif" job (push via node-gcm + notification
+    // emails) was removed here — that responsibility now lives in the
+    // tcef-notifications microservice (fases 1a-1c). See UPGRADE.md for the
+    // deploy-ordering dependency (the old code must not be shut off in
+    // production until the new service is emitting).
   }
 
   const esEn = Meteor.settings.private.twitter.es.enabled;
diff --git a/imports/startup/server/index.js b/imports/startup/server/index.js
index 7f84dde..f6a6da8 100644
--- a/imports/startup/server/index.js
+++ b/imports/startup/server/index.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import './fixtures';
 import './email';
 import './IPGeocoder';
 import './migrations';
-import './notificationsObserver';
 import './facts';
 import './comments';
 import './sitemaps';
diff --git a/imports/startup/server/notificationsObserver.js b/imports/startup/server/notificationsObserver.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 70be8e0..0000000
--- a/imports/startup/server/notificationsObserver.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/* eslint-disable import/no-absolute-path */
-
-import { Meteor } from 'meteor/meteor';
-import Notifications from '/imports/api/Notifications/Notifications';
-import processNotif from '/imports/modules/server/notificationsProcess.js';
-import { isMailServerMaster } from '/imports/startup/server/email';
-
-Meteor.startup(() => {
-  if (isMailServerMaster) {
-    Notifications.find().observe({
-      added: function notifAdded(notif) {
-        processNotif(notif);
-      },
-      changed: function notifChanged(updatedNotif) { // , oldNotif) {
-        processNotif(updatedNotif);
-      }
-    });
-  }
-});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 46fd615..cdac456 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
     "modernizr": "^3.6.0",
     "moment": "^2.19.1",
     "moment-timezone": "^0.5.14",
-    "node-gcm": "^1.0.2",
     "node-geocoder": "^3.21.1",
     "node-gyp": "^3.7.0",
     "nodemailer": "^4.4.2",