diff --git a/src/apps.js b/src/apps.js
index 892d1542b..eae82cdc0 100644
--- a/src/apps.js
+++ b/src/apps.js
@@ -1258,7 +1258,6 @@ function update(appId, data, auditSource, callback) {
             if (error) return callback(error);
 
             var updateConfig = {
-                skipNotification: !!data.skipNotification,
                 skipBackup: !!data.skipBackup
             };
 
diff --git a/src/apptask.js b/src/apptask.js
index bef8cd3d0..c8e7bab46 100644
--- a/src/apptask.js
+++ b/src/apptask.js
@@ -932,9 +932,7 @@ function update(app, args, progressCallback, callback) {
             debugApp(app, 'Error updating app: %s', error);
             updateApp(app, { installationState: apps.ISTATE_ERROR, error: makeTaskError(error, app) }, callback.bind(null, error));
         } else {
-            if (updateConfig.skipNotification) return callback(null);
-
-            eventlog.add(eventlog.ACTION_APP_UPDATE_FINISH, auditsource.APP_TASK, { app: app, success: true }, callback);
+            eventlog.add(eventlog.ACTION_APP_UPDATE_FINISH, auditsource.APP_TASK, { app: app, success: true }, () => callback()); // ignore error
         }
     });
 }
diff --git a/src/notifications.js b/src/notifications.js
index f583d8f32..65bd8f5a0 100644
--- a/src/notifications.js
+++ b/src/notifications.js
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ function onEvent(id, action, source, data, callback) {
         return appUp(id, data.app, callback);
 
     case eventlog.ACTION_APP_UPDATE_FINISH:
+        if (!data.app.appStoreId) return callback(); // skip notification of dev apps
         return appUpdated(id, data.app, callback);
 
     case eventlog.ACTION_CERTIFICATE_RENEWAL:
diff --git a/src/routes/apps.js b/src/routes/apps.js
index a6bbcb3c5..d7085760a 100644
--- a/src/routes/apps.js
+++ b/src/routes/apps.js
@@ -490,7 +490,6 @@ function updateApp(req, res, next) {
     if (!data.manifest && !data.appStoreId) return next(new HttpError(400, 'appStoreId or manifest is required'));
 
     if ('skipBackup' in data && typeof data.skipBackup !== 'boolean') return next(new HttpError(400, 'skipBackup must be a boolean'));
-    if ('skipNotification' in data && typeof data.skipNotification !== 'boolean') return next(new HttpError(400, 'skipNotification must be a boolean'));
     if ('force' in data && typeof data.force !== 'boolean') return next(new HttpError(400, 'force must be a boolean'));
 
     debug('Update app id:%s to manifest:%j', req.params.id, data.manifest);