diff --git a/src/Views/AppListUpdateView.vala b/src/Views/AppListUpdateView.vala
index 2aa618c7b..d53ab3eef 100644
--- a/src/Views/AppListUpdateView.vala
+++ b/src/Views/AppListUpdateView.vala
@@ -436,15 +436,8 @@ namespace AppCenter.Views {
             updating_all_apps = false;
         }
 
-        public async void add_app (AppCenterCore.Package package) {
-            unowned AppCenterCore.Client client = AppCenterCore.Client.get_default ();
-            var installed_apps = yield client.get_installed_applications ();
-            foreach (var app in installed_apps) {
-                if (app == package) {
-                    updates_liststore.insert_sorted (package, compare_package_func);
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
+        public void add_app (AppCenterCore.Package package) {
+            updates_liststore.insert_sorted (package, compare_package_func);
         }
 
         public void clear () {
diff --git a/src/Widgets/AppContainers/AbstractAppContainer.vala b/src/Widgets/AppContainers/AbstractAppContainer.vala
index 6dd833e7f..17532ac38 100644
--- a/src/Widgets/AppContainers/AbstractAppContainer.vala
+++ b/src/Widgets/AppContainers/AbstractAppContainer.vala
@@ -278,9 +278,8 @@ public abstract class AppCenter.AbstractAppContainer : Gtk.Box {
                 }
             }
         } else {
-            if (yield package.install ()) {
-                MainWindow.installed_view.add_app.begin (package);
-            }
+            MainWindow.installed_view.add_app (package);
+            yield package.install ();
         }
     }
 }