diff --git a/cli/app/undeploy.go b/cli/app/undeploy.go
index 4fa1f499..da0ed65f 100644
--- a/cli/app/undeploy.go
+++ b/cli/app/undeploy.go
@@ -59,16 +59,16 @@ Passing "--prune/-p" does not remove those volumes.`,
 			chaosVersion = deployMeta.ChaosVersion
 		}
 
-		toWriteVersion := deployMeta.Version
+		version := deployMeta.Version
 		if deployMeta.IsChaos {
-			toWriteVersion = chaosVersion
+			version = chaosVersion
 		}
 
 		if err := internal.UndeployOverview(
 			app,
 			deployMeta.Version,
 			chaosVersion,
-			toWriteVersion,
+			version,
 		); err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -86,10 +86,6 @@ Passing "--prune/-p" does not remove those volumes.`,
 				log.Fatal(err)
 			}
 		}
-
-		if err := app.WriteRecipeVersion(toWriteVersion, false); err != nil {
-			log.Fatalf("writing recipe version failed: %s", err)
-		}
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/app_undeploy_overview.bats b/tests/integration/app_undeploy_overview.bats
index 847def0e..3b8d3ffb 100644
--- a/tests/integration/app_undeploy_overview.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/app_undeploy_overview.bats
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@ teardown(){
   # env version
   assert_output --regexp 'CURRENT VERSION.*' + "${latestRelease}"
   assert_output --regexp 'NEW VERSION.*' + "${headHash:0:8}"
-
-  run grep -q "TYPE=$TEST_RECIPE:${headHash:0:8}" \
-    "$ABRA_DIR/servers/$TEST_SERVER/$TEST_APP_DOMAIN.env"
-  assert_success
 }
 
 @test "chaos deploy with unstaged commits and undeploy" {
@@ -93,10 +89,6 @@ teardown(){
   assert_output --regexp 'CURRENT VERSION.*' + "${latestRelease}"
   assert_output --regexp 'NEW VERSION.*' + "${headHash:0:8}+U"
 
-  run grep -q "TYPE=$TEST_RECIPE:${headHash:0:8}" \
-    "$ABRA_DIR/servers/$TEST_SERVER/$TEST_APP_DOMAIN.env"
-  assert_success
-
   run rm -rf "$ABRA_DIR/recipes/$TEST_RECIPE/foo"
   assert_not_exists "$ABRA_DIR/recipes/$TEST_RECIPE/foo"
 }