diff --git a/src/apps.js b/src/apps.js
index 2da7c5db3..73beeae18 100644
--- a/src/apps.js
+++ b/src/apps.js
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     restoreInstalledApps: restoreInstalledApps,
     configureInstalledApps: configureInstalledApps,
 
-    getAppConfig: getAppConfig,
     getDataDir: getDataDir,
     getIconPath: getIconPath,
 
@@ -406,25 +405,6 @@ function getDuplicateErrorDetails(errorMessage, location, domainObject, portBind
     return new AppsError(AppsError.ALREADY_EXISTS, `${match[2]} '${match[1]}' is in use`);
 }
 
-// app configs that is useful for 'archival' into the app backup config.json
-function getAppConfig(app) {
-    return {
-        manifest: app.manifest,
-        location: app.location,
-        domain: app.domain,
-        fqdn: app.fqdn,
-        accessRestriction: app.accessRestriction,
-        portBindings: app.portBindings,
-        memoryLimit: app.memoryLimit,
-
-        robotsTxt: app.robotsTxt,
-        sso: app.sso,
-        alternateDomains: app.alternateDomains || [],
-        env: app.env,
-        dataDir: app.dataDir
-    };
-}
-
 function getDataDir(app, dataDir) {
     return dataDir || path.join(paths.APPS_DATA_DIR, app.id, 'data');
 }
@@ -1729,7 +1709,7 @@ function configureInstalledApps(callback) {
             appdb.update(app.id, { taskId: null }, function (error) { // clear any stale taskId
                 if (error) debug(`Error marking ${app.fqdn} for reconfigure: ${JSON.stringify(error)}`);
 
-                scheduleTask(app.id, { oldConfig: getAppConfig(app) }, { installationState: exports.ISTATE_PENDING_CONFIGURE },  () => iteratorDone()); // always succeed
+                scheduleTask(app.id, { oldConfig: app }, { installationState: exports.ISTATE_PENDING_CONFIGURE },  () => iteratorDone()); // always succeed
             });
         }, callback);
     });
diff --git a/src/backups.js b/src/backups.js
index b47ed0cfa..f7ababe38 100644
--- a/src/backups.js
+++ b/src/backups.js
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ function snapshotApp(app, progressCallback, callback) {
 
     progressCallback({ message: `Snapshotting app ${app.fqdn}` });
 
-    if (!safe.fs.writeFileSync(path.join(paths.APPS_DATA_DIR, app.id + '/config.json'), JSON.stringify(apps.getAppConfig(app)))) {
+    if (!safe.fs.writeFileSync(path.join(paths.APPS_DATA_DIR, app.id + '/config.json'), JSON.stringify(app))) {
         return callback(new BackupsError(BackupsError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, 'Error creating config.json: ' + safe.error.message));
     }