diff --git a/pylons_app/config/middleware.py b/pylons_app/config/middleware.py
--- a/pylons_app/config/middleware.py
+++ b/pylons_app/config/middleware.py
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ from pylons import config
 from pylons.middleware import ErrorHandler, StatusCodeRedirect
 from pylons.wsgiapp import PylonsApp
 from routes.middleware import RoutesMiddleware
-
 from pylons_app.config.environment import load_environment
 
-def make_app(global_conf, full_stack = True, static_files = True, **app_conf):
+
+
+def make_app(global_conf, full_stack = True, **app_conf):
     """Create a Pylons WSGI application and return it
 
     ``global_conf``
@@ -19,14 +20,10 @@ def make_app(global_conf, full_stack = T
         the [DEFAULT] section of the Paste ini file.
 
     ``full_stack``
-        Whether this application provides a full WSGI stack (by default,
-        meaning it handles its own exceptions and errors). Disable
-        full_stack when this application is "managed" by another WSGI
-        middleware.
-
-    ``static_files``
-        Whether this application serves its own static files; disable
-        when another web server is responsible for serving them.
+        Whether or not this application provides a full WSGI stack (by
+        default, meaning it handles its own exceptions and errors).
+        Disable full_stack when this application is "managed" by
+        another WSGI middleware.
 
     ``app_conf``
         The application's local configuration. Normally specified in
@@ -40,12 +37,10 @@ def make_app(global_conf, full_stack = T
     # The Pylons WSGI app
     app = PylonsApp()
 
+    # CUSTOM MIDDLEWARE HERE (filtered by error handling middlewares)
+
     # Routing/Session/Cache Middleware
     app = RoutesMiddleware(app, config['routes.map'])
-    app = SessionMiddleware(app, config)
-    app = CacheMiddleware(app, config)
-
-    # CUSTOM MIDDLEWARE HERE (filtered by error handling middlewares)
 
     if asbool(full_stack):
         # Handle Python exceptions
@@ -61,14 +56,9 @@ def make_app(global_conf, full_stack = T
     # Establish the Registry for this application
     app = RegistryManager(app)
 
-    if asbool(static_files):
-        # Serve static files
-        static_app = StaticURLParser(config['pylons.paths']['static_files'])
-        app = Cascade([static_app, app])
+    # Static files (If running in production, and Apache or another web
+    # server is handling this static content, remove the following 3 lines)
+    static_app = StaticURLParser(config['pylons.paths']['static_files'])
+    app = Cascade([static_app, app])
+    return app
 
-    #dozer debug
-    if asbool(config['debug']):
-        from dozer import Logview
-        app = Logview(app, config)
-
-    return app