diff --git a/src/apps.js b/src/apps.js
index 0bb77e048..35439f113 100644
--- a/src/apps.js
+++ b/src/apps.js
@@ -1885,9 +1885,8 @@ function configureInstalledApps(callback) {
         async.eachSeries(apps, function (app, iteratorDone) {
             debug(`configureInstalledApps: marking ${app.fqdn} for reconfigure`);
 
-            const oldConfig = _.pick(app, 'location', 'domain', 'fqdn', 'alternateDomains', 'portBindings');
             const task = {
-                args: { oldConfig, overwriteDns: true },
+                args: {},
                 values: {},
                 scheduleNow: false, // task will be scheduled by autoRestartTasks when platform is ready
                 requireNullTaskId: false // ignore existing stale taskId
diff --git a/src/apptask.js b/src/apptask.js
index c57259d16..23ef2f2f3 100644
--- a/src/apptask.js
+++ b/src/apptask.js
@@ -772,42 +772,22 @@ function migrateDataDir(app, args, progressCallback, callback) {
     });
 }
 
-// configure is called for an infra update and repair
+// configure is called for an infra update and repair to re-create container, reverseproxy config. it's all "local"
 function configure(app, args, progressCallback, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof app, 'object');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof args, 'object');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof progressCallback, 'function');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
-    const oldConfig = args.oldConfig || null;
-    const overwriteDns = args.overwriteDns;
-
     async.series([
         progressCallback.bind(null, { percent: 10, message: 'Cleaning up old install' }),
         unconfigureReverseProxy.bind(null, app),
         deleteContainers.bind(null, app, { managedOnly: true }),
-        function (next) {
-            if (!oldConfig) return next();
-
-            let obsoleteDomains = oldConfig.alternateDomains.filter(function (o) {
-                return !app.alternateDomains.some(function (n) { return n.subdomain === o.subdomain && n.domain === o.domain; });
-            });
-
-            if (oldConfig.fqdn !== app.fqdn) obsoleteDomains.push({ subdomain: oldConfig.location, domain: oldConfig.domain });
-
-            if (obsoleteDomains.length === 0) return next();
-
-            unregisterSubdomains(app, obsoleteDomains, next);
-        },
-
         reserveHttpPort.bind(null, app),
 
         progressCallback.bind(null, { percent: 20, message: 'Downloading icon' }),
         downloadIcon.bind(null, app),
 
-        progressCallback.bind(null, { percent: 30, message: 'Registering subdomains' }),
-        registerSubdomains.bind(null, app, overwriteDns),
-
         progressCallback.bind(null, { percent: 40, message: 'Downloading image' }),
         downloadImage.bind(null, app.manifest),