diff --git a/src/compose/app.ts b/src/compose/app.ts
index 0be8b414..31956936 100644
--- a/src/compose/app.ts
+++ b/src/compose/app.ts
@@ -189,9 +189,9 @@ export class App {
 		return steps;
 	}
 
-	public async stepsToRemoveApp(
+	public stepsToRemoveApp(
 		state: Omit<UpdateState, 'availableImages'> & { keepVolumes: boolean },
-	): Promise<CompositionStep[]> {
+	): CompositionStep[] {
 		if (Object.keys(this.services).length > 0) {
 			return Object.values(this.services).map((service) =>
 				generateStep('kill', { current: service }),
diff --git a/src/compose/application-manager.ts b/src/compose/application-manager.ts
index f25ee913..94b7d520 100644
--- a/src/compose/application-manager.ts
+++ b/src/compose/application-manager.ts
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ export async function inferNextSteps(
 			// For apps in the current state but not target, we call their "destructor"
 			for (const id of onlyCurrent) {
 				steps = steps.concat(
-					await currentApps[id].stepsToRemoveApp({
+					currentApps[id].stepsToRemoveApp({
 						keepVolumes,
 						downloading,
 						containerIds: containerIdsByAppId[id],
diff --git a/test/unit/compose/app.spec.ts b/test/unit/compose/app.spec.ts
index d6237295..b6e17fa8 100644
--- a/test/unit/compose/app.spec.ts
+++ b/test/unit/compose/app.spec.ts
@@ -262,12 +262,12 @@ describe('compose/app', () => {
 				.that.deep.includes({ serviceName: 'test' });
 		});
 
-		it('should correctly infer to remove an app volumes when the app is being removed', async () => {
+		it('should correctly infer to remove an app volumes when the app is being removed', () => {
 			const current = createApp({
 				volumes: [Volume.fromComposeObject('test-volume', 1, 'deadbeef')],
 			});
 
-			const steps = await current.stepsToRemoveApp(defaultContext);
+			const steps = current.stepsToRemoveApp(defaultContext);
 			const [removeVolumeStep] = expectSteps('removeVolume', steps);
 
 			expect(removeVolumeStep).to.have.property('current').that.deep.includes({