diff --git a/controlpanel/api/models/app.py b/controlpanel/api/models/app.py
index 099860d0a..88359206f 100644
--- a/controlpanel/api/models/app.py
+++ b/controlpanel/api/models/app.py
@@ -232,9 +232,6 @@ def delete_customer_by_email(self, email, group_id):
     def status(self):
         return "Deployed"
 
-    def deployment_envs(self, github_token):
-        return cluster.App(self, github_token).get_deployment_envs()
-
     def delete(self, *args, **kwargs):
         github_api_token = None
         if "github_api_token" in kwargs:
@@ -319,8 +316,12 @@ class DeleteCustomerError(Exception):
 
 @receiver(post_save, sender=App)
 def trigger_app_create_related_messages(sender, instance, created, **kwargs):
-    if created:
-        tasks.AppCreateRole(instance, instance.current_user).create_task()
+    if not created:
+        return
+    tasks.AppCreateRole(instance, instance.current_user).create_task()
+
+    # TODO this could be removed as part of a review of task queue usage
+    if instance.deployment_envs:
         tasks.AppCreateAuth(instance, instance.current_user, extra_data=dict(
             deployment_envs=instance.deployment_envs,
             disable_authentication=instance.disable_authentication,
diff --git a/controlpanel/api/tasks/app.py b/controlpanel/api/tasks/app.py
index ba399419d..edf91985f 100644
--- a/controlpanel/api/tasks/app.py
+++ b/controlpanel/api/tasks/app.py
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ def _get_args_list(self):
             self.extra_data.get('deployment_envs'),
             self.extra_data.get('disable_authentication'),
             self.extra_data.get('connections'),
-            # self.extra_data.get('has_ip_ranges') # NOT USED, REMOVE IT?
         ]
 
     @property
diff --git a/tests/api/models/test_app.py b/tests/api/models/test_app.py
index f479a1f56..3d81825ff 100644
--- a/tests/api/models/test_app.py
+++ b/tests/api/models/test_app.py
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ def test_create(sqs, helpers):
     helpers.validate_task_with_sqs_messages(
         iam_messages, App.__name__, app.id, queue_name=settings.IAM_QUEUE_NAME
     )
-    auth_messages = helpers.retrieve_messages(sqs, queue_name=settings.AUTH_QUEUE_NAME)
-    helpers.validate_task_with_sqs_messages(
-        auth_messages, App.__name__, app.id, queue_name=settings.AUTH_QUEUE_NAME
-    )
 
 
 @pytest.mark.django_db
diff --git a/tests/api/views/test_app.py b/tests/api/views/test_app.py
index bb6a50432..aaacdbf94 100644
--- a/tests/api/views/test_app.py
+++ b/tests/api/views/test_app.py
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ def test_create(client, users, sqs, helpers):
     assert response.data["repo_url"] == "https://example.com/bar"
 
     app = App.objects.get(repo_url="https://example.com/bar")
-    messages = helpers.retrieve_messages(sqs)
-    helpers.validate_task_with_sqs_messages(messages, App.__name__, app.id)
+    messages = helpers.retrieve_messages(sqs, queue_name=settings.IAM_QUEUE_NAME)
+    helpers.validate_task_with_sqs_messages(messages, App.__name__, app.id, queue_name=settings.IAM_QUEUE_NAME)
 
 
 def test_update(client, app):