diff --git a/src/views/appstore.html b/src/views/appstore.html
index 339213448..5948e6f25 100644
--- a/src/views/appstore.html
+++ b/src/views/appstore.html
@@ -150,15 +150,9 @@
                     <h4 class="text-danger">Subscription required to install more apps.</h4>
                     <p>The free plan only allows 2 apps. Please sign up for a paid plan to install more apps.</p>
                   </div>
-                  <div class="collapse" id="postInstallMessage" data-toggle="false">
-                    <div class="appstore-install-description">
-                      <div ng-bind-html="appInstall.app.manifest.postInstallMessage | postInstallMessage:appInstall.app | markdown2html"></div>
-                    </div>
-                  </div>
                 </div>
                 <div class="modal-footer">
-                  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" ng-show="appInstall.state !== 'postInstall'" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
-                  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" ng-show="appInstall.state === 'postInstall'" data-dismiss="modal" ng-click="appInstall.switchToAppsView()">Got it</button>
+                  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default"data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
                   <button type="button" class="btn btn-success" ng-show="config.provider === 'caas' && user.admin && appInstall.state === 'resourceConstraint'" ng-click="showView('/settings')">Upgrade Cloudron</button>
                   <button type="button" class="btn btn-danger" ng-show="config.provider !== 'caas' && user.admin && appInstall.state === 'resourceConstraint'" ng-click="appInstall.showForm(true)">Install anyway</button>
                   <button type="button" class="btn btn-success" ng-show="appInstall.state === 'appInfo' && user.admin" ng-click="appInstall.showForm()">Install</button>
diff --git a/src/views/appstore.js b/src/views/appstore.js
index f4ce3b1e8..399bf4de0 100644
--- a/src/views/appstore.js
+++ b/src/views/appstore.js
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('AppStoreController', ['$scope', '$loca
             $('#collapseInstallForm').collapse('hide');
             $('#collapseResourceConstraint').collapse('hide');
             $('#collapseAppLimitReached').collapse('hide');
-            $('#postInstallMessage').collapse('hide');
             $('#collapseMediaLinksCarousel').collapse('show');
 
             if ($scope.appInstallForm) {
@@ -158,9 +157,6 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('AppStoreController', ['$scope', '$loca
                 sso: !$scope.appInstall.optionalSso ? undefined : ($scope.appInstall.accessRestrictionOption !== 'nosso')
             };
 
-            // add sso property for the postInstall message to be shown correctly
-            $scope.appInstall.app.sso = data.sso;
-
             Client.installApp($scope.appInstall.app.id, $scope.appInstall.app.manifest, $scope.appInstall.app.title, data, function (error, newAppId) {
                 if (error) {
                     if (error.statusCode === 402) {
@@ -194,35 +190,21 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('AppStoreController', ['$scope', '$loca
                 // stash new app id for later
                 $scope.appInstall.app.id = newAppId;
 
-                $scope.appInstall.postInstall();
-            });
-        },
-
-        postInstall: function () {
-            if ($scope.appInstall.app.manifest.postInstallMessage) {
-                $scope.appInstall.state = 'postInstall';
-                $('#collapseInstallForm').collapse('hide');
-                $('#postInstallMessage').collapse('show');
-
                 // we track the postinstall confirmation for the current user's browser
                 // TODO later we might want to have a notification db to track the state across admins and browsers
-                localStorage['confirmPostInstall_' + $scope.appInstall.app.id] = true;
+                if ($scope.appInstall.app.manifest.postInstallMessage) {
+                    localStorage['confirmPostInstall_' + $scope.appInstall.app.id] = true;
+                }
 
-                return;
-            }
-
-            $scope.appInstall.switchToAppsView();
-        },
-
-        switchToAppsView: function () {
-            // wait for dialog to be fully closed to avoid modal behavior breakage when moving to a different view already
-            $('#appInstallModal').on('hidden.bs.modal', function () {
-                $scope.$apply(function () {
-                    $location.path('/apps').search({ });
+                // wait for dialog to be fully closed to avoid modal behavior breakage when moving to a different view already
+                $('#appInstallModal').on('hidden.bs.modal', function () {
+                    $scope.$apply(function () {
+                        $location.path('/apps').search({ });
+                    });
                 });
-            });
 
-            $('#appInstallModal').modal('hide');
+                $('#appInstallModal').modal('hide');
+            });
         }
     };