diff --git a/bench/app.py b/bench/app.py
index 8b165b2b..1ae32e1f 100755
--- a/bench/app.py
+++ b/bench/app.py
@@ -187,9 +187,10 @@ def install_app(app, bench_path=".", verbose=False, no_cache=False, postprocess=
 
 	add_to_appstxt(app, bench_path=bench_path)
 
+	if not skip_assets:
+		build_assets(bench_path=bench_path, app=app)
+
 	if postprocess:
-		if not skip_assets:
-			build_assets(bench_path=bench_path, app=app)
 		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 d460f37c..37d3e770 100755
--- a/bench/utils.py
+++ b/bench/utils.py
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ 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, postprocess=False)
 
 	with open(os.path.join(clone_from, 'sites', 'apps.txt'), 'r') as f:
 		apps = f.read().splitlines()