diff --git a/src/apptaskmanager.js b/src/apptaskmanager.js
index a278ceef3..d3e49dbbe 100644
--- a/src/apptaskmanager.js
+++ b/src/apptaskmanager.js
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ function scheduleTask(appId, taskId, callback) {
         locker.unlock(locker.OP_APPTASK); // unlock event will trigger next task
 
         // post app task hooks
-        sftp.rebuild({}, function (error) {
+        sftp.rebuild(function (error) {
             if (error) console.error('Unable to rebuild sftp:', error);
         });
     });
diff --git a/src/sftp.js b/src/sftp.js
index 686a27be4..208b12506 100644
--- a/src/sftp.js
+++ b/src/sftp.js
@@ -19,16 +19,13 @@ function startSftp(existingInfra, callback) {
 
     if (existingInfra.version === infra.version && infra.images.sftp.tag === existingInfra.images.sftp.tag) return callback();
 
-    rebuild({}, callback);
+    rebuild(callback);
 }
 
-// options only supports ignoredApps = [ appId ]
-function rebuild(options, callback) {
+function rebuild(callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof options, 'object');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
-    if (options.ignoredApps) assert(Array.isArray(options.ignoredApps), 'Expecting ignoredApps to be an array');
-
     debug('rebuilding container');
 
     const tag = infra.images.sftp.tag;
@@ -41,11 +38,6 @@ function rebuild(options, callback) {
         result.forEach(function (app) {
             if (!app.manifest.addons['localstorage']) return;
 
-            if (options.ignoredApps && options.ignoredApps.indexOf(app.id) !== -1) {
-                debug(`Ignoring volume for ${app.id}`);
-                return;
-            }
-
             const hostDir = apps.getDataDir(app, app.dataDir), mountDir = `/app/data/${app.id}`;
             if (!safe.fs.existsSync(hostDir)) {
                 // do not create host path when cloudron is restoring. this will then create dir with root perms making restore logic fail