diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dff7a7b69..8ac0f2429 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -277,7 +277,6 @@ cf-deploy: ## Deploys the app to Cloud Foundry
 	cf rename ${CF_APP} ${CF_APP}-rollback
 	cf push ${CF_APP} -f ${CF_MANIFEST_FILE}
 	cf scale -i $$(cf curl /v2/apps/$$(cf app --guid ${CF_APP}-rollback) | jq -r ".entity.instances" 2>/dev/null || echo "1") ${CF_APP}
-	cf stop ${CF_APP}-rollback
 	cf delete -f ${CF_APP}-rollback
 
 .PHONY: cf-deploy-api-db-migration