diff --git a/dashboard/src/components/app/Updates.vue b/dashboard/src/components/app/Updates.vue
index 07735c41b..e5e9548e6 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/components/app/Updates.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/components/app/Updates.vue
@@ -6,19 +6,16 @@ import { Button, Switch, Dialog, Checkbox } from '@cloudron/pankow';
 import { ISTATES } from '../../constants.js';
 import SettingsItem from '../SettingsItem.vue';
 import AppsModel from '../../models/AppsModel.js';
-import UpdaterModel from '../../models/UpdaterModel.js';
 import ProfileModel from '../../models/ProfileModel.js';
 import TasksModel from '../../models/TasksModel.js';
 
 const props = defineProps([ 'app' ]);
 
 const appsModel = AppsModel.create();
-const updaterModel = UpdaterModel.create();
 const profileModel = ProfileModel.create();
 const tasksModel = TasksModel.create();
 
 const dialog = useTemplateRef('dialog');
-const update = ref(null);
 const profile = ref({});
 const busyUpdate = ref(false);
 const busyCheck = ref(false);
@@ -57,14 +54,9 @@ async function waitForTask(id) {
 async function onCheck() {
   busyCheck.value = true;
 
-  const [checkError] = await updaterModel.checkAppUpdate(props.app.id);
-  if (checkError) return console.error(error);
-
-  const [error, result] = await appsModel.checkUpdate(props.app.id);
+  const [error] = await appsModel.checkUpdate(props.app.id);
   if (error) return console.error(error);
 
-  update.value = result;
-
   busyCheck.value = false;
 }
 
@@ -72,15 +64,13 @@ async function onUpdate() {
   busyUpdate.value = true;
   updateError.value = '';
 
-  const [error, result] = await appsModel.update(props.app.id, update.value.manifest, skipBackup.value);
+  const [error, result] = await appsModel.update(props.app.id, props.app.updateInfo.manifest, skipBackup.value);
   if (error) {
     busyUpdate.value = false;
     if (error.status === 400) updateError.value = error.body ? error.body.message : 'Internal error';
     return console.error(error);
   }
 
-  update.value = null;
-
   dialog.value.close();
 
   waitForTask(result);
@@ -99,7 +89,6 @@ onMounted(async () => {
   busyUpdate.value = false;
   busyCheck.value = false;
   autoUpdatesEnabled.value = props.app.enableAutomaticUpdate;
-  update.value = props.app.updateInfo;
 
   const [error, result] = await profileModel.get();
   if (error) return console.error(error);
@@ -111,20 +100,20 @@ onMounted(async () => {
 
 <template>
   <div>
-    <Dialog v-if="update" ref="dialog"
+    <Dialog v-if="app.updateInfo" ref="dialog"
       :title="$t('app.updateDialog.title', { app: app.fqdn })"
       :reject-label="$t('main.dialog.cancel')"
        reject-style="secondary"
       :confirm-label="$t('app.updateDialog.updateAction')"
-      :confirm-active="!busyUpdate && update.manifest.dockerImage"
+      :confirm-active="!busyUpdate && app.updateInfo.manifest.dockerImage"
       :confirm-busy="busyUpdate"
-      :alternate-label="!update.manifest.dockerImage && profile.isAtLeastOwner ? $t('app.updateDialog.setupSubscriptionAction') : ''"
+      :alternate-label="!app.updateInfo.manifest.dockerImage && profile.isAtLeastOwner ? $t('app.updateDialog.setupSubscriptionAction') : ''"
        alternate-style="success"
       @confirm="onUpdate()"
       @alternate="onSetupSubscription()"
     >
       <div>
-        <Checkbox v-if="update.manifest.dockerImage" v-model="skipBackup" :label="$t('app.updateDialog.skipBackupCheckbox')" />
+        <Checkbox v-if="app.updateInfo.manifest.dockerImage" v-model="skipBackup" :label="$t('app.updateDialog.skipBackupCheckbox')" />
       </div>
     </Dialog>
 
@@ -146,20 +135,20 @@ onMounted(async () => {
       <Button v-if="app.appStoreId" @click="onCheck()" :disabled="busyCheck" :loading="busyCheck">{{ $t('settings.updates.checkForUpdatesAction') }}</Button>
     </SettingsItem>
 
-    <SettingsItem v-if="update" style="padding: 10px;">
+    <SettingsItem v-if="app.updateInfo" style="padding: 10px;">
       <div>
         <label>{{ $t('settings.updates.updateAvailableAction') }}</label>
-        <div class="error-label" v-if="!update.manifest.dockerImage">{{ $t('app.updateDialog.subscriptionExpired') }}</div>
+        <div class="error-label" v-if="!app.updateInfo.manifest.dockerImage">{{ $t('app.updateDialog.subscriptionExpired') }}</div>
         <div class="error-label" v-if="updateError">{{ updateError }}</div>
 
-        <div class="text-danger" v-if="update.unstable">{{ $t('app.updateDialog.unstableWarning') }}</div>
+        <div class="text-danger" v-if="app.updateInfo.unstable">{{ $t('app.updateDialog.unstableWarning') }}</div>
 
-        <p>{{ $t('app.updateDialog.changelogHeader', { version: update.manifest.version }) }}</p>
-        <div v-html="marked.parse(update.manifest.changelog)"></div>
+        <p>{{ $t('app.updateDialog.changelogHeader', { version: app.updateInfo.manifest.version }) }}</p>
+        <div v-html="marked.parse(app.updateInfo.manifest.changelog)"></div>
       </div>
 
       <!-- show update button only if update available -->
-      <Button v-if="update" :danger="update.unstable ? true : null" :success="update.unstable ? null : true" @click="onAskUpdate()" :disabled="app.taskId || (app.error && app.error.details.installationState !== ISTATES.PENDING_UPDATE) || app.runState === 'stopped' || app.installationState === 'pending_update'">{{ $t('app.updateDialog.updateAction') }}</Button>
+      <Button v-if="app.updateInfo" :danger="app.updateInfo.unstable ? true : null" :success="app.updateInfo.unstable ? null : true" @click="onAskUpdate()" :disabled="app.taskId || (app.error && app.error.details.installationState !== ISTATES.PENDING_UPDATE) || app.runState === 'stopped' || app.installationState === 'pending_update'">{{ $t('app.updateDialog.updateAction') }}</Button>
     </SettingsItem>
   </div>
 </template>
diff --git a/dashboard/src/models/UpdaterModel.js b/dashboard/src/models/UpdaterModel.js
index e779f2b46..ee00be6b4 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/models/UpdaterModel.js
+++ b/dashboard/src/models/UpdaterModel.js
@@ -50,17 +50,6 @@ function create() {
       if (error || result.status !== 200) return [error || result];
       return [null];
     },
-    async checkAppUpdate(id) {
-      let error, result;
-      try {
-        result = await fetcher.post(`${API_ORIGIN}/api/v1/apps/${id}/check_update`, {}, { access_token: accessToken });
-      } catch (e) {
-        error = e;
-      }
-
-      if (error || result.status !== 200) return [error || result];
-      return [null];
-    },
     async update(skipBackup = false) {
       let error, result;
       try {