diff --git a/src/cloudron.js b/src/cloudron.js
index 283021c4a..d08a1c3f5 100644
--- a/src/cloudron.js
+++ b/src/cloudron.js
@@ -939,15 +939,7 @@ function refreshDNS(callback) {
                 if (error) return callback(error);
 
                 async.each(result, function (app, callback) {
-                    // get the current record before updating it
-                    subdomains.get(app.location, 'A', function (error, values) {
-                        if (error) return callback(error);
-
-                        // refuse to update any existing DNS record for custom domains that we did not create
-                        if (values.length !== 0 && !app.dnsRecordId) return callback(null, new Error('DNS Record already exists'));
-
-                        subdomains.upsert(app.location, 'A', [ ip ], callback);
-                    });
+                    subdomains.upsert(app.location, 'A', [ ip ], callback);
                 }, function (error) {
                     if (error) return callback(error);