diff --git a/panel/src/panel/views.py b/panel/src/panel/views.py
index 61d4c8d8..9b1e902e 100644
--- a/panel/src/panel/views.py
+++ b/panel/src/panel/views.py
@@ -65,9 +65,6 @@ class ConfigurationForm(LoginRequiredMixin, APIView):
         config.save()
         return redirect(self.success_url)
 
-# TODO(@fricklerhandwerk):
-#     this is broken after changing the form view.
-#     but if there's no test for it, how do we know it ever worked in the first place?
 class DeploymentStatus(ConfigurationForm):
 
     def post(self, request):
@@ -84,26 +81,13 @@ class DeploymentStatus(ConfigurationForm):
         config.save()
 
         deployment_result, deployment_params = self.deployment(config.parsed_value)
-        if deployment_result.returncode == 0:
-            deployment_status = "Deployment Succeeded"
-        else:
-            deployment_status = "Deployment Failed"
 
         return render(self.request, "partials/deployment_result.html", {
-            "deployment_status": deployment_status,
+            "deployment_succeeded": (deployment_result.returncode == 0),
             "services": deployment_params.json(),
             })
 
     def deployment(self, config: BaseModel):
-        # FIXME: let the user specify these from the form (#190)
-        dummy_user = {
-            "initialUser": {
-                "displayName": "Testy McTestface",
-                "username": "test",
-                "password": "testtest",
-                "email": "test@test.com",
-            },
-        }
         env = {
             "PATH": settings.bin_path,
             # pass in form info to our deployment