diff --git a/bench/app.py b/bench/app.py
index 0ba1dc1b..1c873c77 100755
--- a/bench/app.py
+++ b/bench/app.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def remove_from_excluded_apps_txt(app, bench_path='.'):
 		apps.remove(app)
 		return write_excluded_apps_txt(apps, bench_path=bench_path)
 
-def get_app(git_url, branch=None, bench_path='.', skip_assets=False, verbose=False, postprocess=True, overwrite=False):
+def get_app(git_url, branch=None, bench_path='.', skip_assets=False, verbose=False, restart_bench=True, overwrite=False):
 	if not os.path.exists(git_url):
 		if not is_git_url(git_url):
 			orgs = ['frappe', 'erpnext']
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def new_app(app, bench_path='.'):
 	install_app(app, bench_path=bench_path)
 
 
-def install_app(app, bench_path=".", verbose=False, no_cache=False, postprocess=True, skip_assets=False):
+def install_app(app, bench_path=".", verbose=False, no_cache=False, restart_bench=True, skip_assets=False):
 	print('\n{0}Installing {1}{2}'.format(color.yellow, app, color.nc))
 	logger.log("installing {}".format(app))
 
@@ -180,9 +180,10 @@ def install_app(app, bench_path=".", verbose=False, no_cache=False, postprocess=
 
 	add_to_appstxt(app, bench_path=bench_path)
 
-	if postprocess:
-		if not skip_assets:
-			build_assets(bench_path=bench_path, app=app)
+	if not skip_assets:
+		build_assets(bench_path=bench_path, app=app)
+
+	if restart_bench:
 		conf = get_config(bench_path=bench_path)
 
 		if conf.get('restart_supervisor_on_update'):
diff --git a/bench/utils.py b/bench/utils.py
index 749674cc..abcf2d2e 100755
--- a/bench/utils.py
+++ b/bench/utils.py
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ def clone_apps_from(bench_path, clone_from, update_app=True):
 			subprocess.check_output(['git', 'reset', '--hard'], cwd=app_path)
 			subprocess.check_output(['git', 'pull', '--rebase', remote, branch], cwd=app_path)
 
-		install_app(app, bench_path)
+		install_app(app, bench_path, restart_bench=False)
 
 	with open(os.path.join(clone_from, 'sites', 'apps.txt'), 'r') as f:
 		apps = f.read().splitlines()
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ def update_requirements(bench_path='.'):
 	update_env_pip(bench_path)
 
 	for app in get_apps():
-		install_app(app, bench_path=bench_path, skip_assets=True)
+		install_app(app, bench_path=bench_path, skip_assets=True, restart_bench=False)
 
 
 def update_python_packages(bench_path='.'):