diff --git a/bench/app.py b/bench/app.py
index 1b62a92b..e5dd5495 100755
--- a/bench/app.py
+++ b/bench/app.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def install_app(app, bench_path='.', verbose=False):
 
 
 def remove_app(app, bench_path='.'):
-	if not app in get_apps():
+	if not app in get_apps(bench_path):
 		print "No app named {0}".format(app)
 		sys.exit(1)
 
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ def remove_app(app, bench_path='.'):
 				print "Cannot remove, app is installed on site: {0}".format(site)
 				sys.exit(1)
 
-	exec_cmd(["{0} uninstall -y {1}".format(pip, app_path)], cwd=bench_path)
+	exec_cmd(["{0} uninstall -y {1}".format(pip, app_path)])
 	remove_from_appstxt(app, bench_path)
 	shutil.rmtree(app_path)
-	run_frappe_cmd("build", cwd=bench_path)
+	run_frappe_cmd("build", bench_path=bench_path)
 	if get_config(bench_path).get('restart_supervisor_on_update'):
 		restart_supervisor_processes(bench_path=bench_path)
 
diff --git a/bench/tests/test_init.py b/bench/tests/test_init.py
index bf9374e1..df13ebbd 100755
--- a/bench/tests/test_init.py
+++ b/bench/tests/test_init.py
@@ -118,10 +118,8 @@ class TestBenchInit(unittest.TestCase):
 
 
 	def test_remove_app(self):
-		site_name = "test-site-4.dev"
 		self.init_bench('test-bench')
 
-		self.new_site(site_name)
 		bench_path = os.path.join(self.benches_path, "test-bench")
 
 		# get app