diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/deploy/index.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/deploy/index.ts
index 4a7cc5a754..cb4534a1a5 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/deploy/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/deploy/index.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ async function deployApp(deployment: any, userId: string) {
     const productionAppId = getProdAppID(appId)
 
     // don't try this if feature isn't allowed, will error
-    if (!(await backups.isEnabled())) {
+    if (await backups.isEnabled()) {
       // trigger backup initially
       await backups.triggerAppBackup(
         productionAppId,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/deployment.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/deployment.spec.ts
index e659ff1a69..0219e3f2b4 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/deployment.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/deployment.spec.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
-const triggerAppBackupMock = jest.fn()
-jest.mock("@budibase/pro", () => ({
-  ...jest.requireActual("@budibase/pro"),
-  backups: {
-    triggerAppBackup: triggerAppBackupMock,
-    addAppBackupProcessors: jest.fn(),
-  },
-}))
 import setup from "./utilities"
 import { events } from "@budibase/backend-core"
-import { AppBackupTrigger } from "@budibase/types"
 
 describe("/deployments", () => {
   let request = setup.getRequest()
@@ -28,12 +19,6 @@ describe("/deployments", () => {
         .set(config.defaultHeaders())
         .expect("Content-Type", /json/)
         .expect(200)
-      expect(triggerAppBackupMock).toBeCalledTimes(1)
-      expect(triggerAppBackupMock).toBeCalledWith(
-        config.prodAppId,
-        AppBackupTrigger.PUBLISH,
-        { createdBy: config.userMetadataId }
-      )
       expect((events.app.published as jest.Mock).mock.calls.length).toBe(1)
     })
   })