diff --git a/api/go.sum b/api/go.sum
index e8019a424..206c3bdd1 100644
--- a/api/go.sum
+++ b/api/go.sum
@@ -342,12 +342,6 @@ github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
-github.com/portainer/docker-compose-wrapper v0.0.0-20221215210951-2c30d1b17a27 h1:PceCpp86SDYb3lZHT4KpuBCkmcJMW5x1qrdFNEfAdUo=
-github.com/portainer/docker-compose-wrapper v0.0.0-20221215210951-2c30d1b17a27/go.mod h1:03UmPLyjiPUexGJuW20mQXvmsoSpeErvMlItJGtq/Ww=
-github.com/portainer/docker-compose-wrapper v0.0.0-20230209071700-ee11af9c546a h1:4VGM1OH15fqm5rgki0eLF6vND/NxHfoPt3CA6/YdA0k=
-github.com/portainer/docker-compose-wrapper v0.0.0-20230209071700-ee11af9c546a/go.mod h1:03UmPLyjiPUexGJuW20mQXvmsoSpeErvMlItJGtq/Ww=
-github.com/portainer/docker-compose-wrapper v0.0.0-20230209082344-8a5b52de366f h1:z/lmLhZMMSIwg70Ap1rPluXNe1vQXH9gfK9K/ols4JA=
-github.com/portainer/docker-compose-wrapper v0.0.0-20230209082344-8a5b52de366f/go.mod h1:03UmPLyjiPUexGJuW20mQXvmsoSpeErvMlItJGtq/Ww=
 github.com/portainer/docker-compose-wrapper v0.0.0-20230301083819-3dbc6abf1ce7 h1:/i985KPNw0KvVtLhTEPUa86aJMtun5ZPOyFCJzdY+dY=
 github.com/portainer/docker-compose-wrapper v0.0.0-20230301083819-3dbc6abf1ce7/go.mod h1:03UmPLyjiPUexGJuW20mQXvmsoSpeErvMlItJGtq/Ww=
 github.com/portainer/libcrypto v0.0.0-20220506221303-1f4fb3b30f9a h1:B0z3skIMT+OwVNJPQhKp52X+9OWW6A9n5UWig3lHBJk=
diff --git a/api/http/handler/stacks/stack_update_git_redeploy.go b/api/http/handler/stacks/stack_update_git_redeploy.go
index 3eb9d3a9b..13e0bcb3f 100644
--- a/api/http/handler/stacks/stack_update_git_redeploy.go
+++ b/api/http/handler/stacks/stack_update_git_redeploy.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package stacks
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
@@ -10,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/portainer/libhttp/request"
 	"github.com/portainer/libhttp/response"
 	portainer "github.com/portainer/portainer/api"
-	"github.com/portainer/portainer/api/filesystem"
 	"github.com/portainer/portainer/api/git"
 	httperrors "github.com/portainer/portainer/api/http/errors"
 	"github.com/portainer/portainer/api/http/security"
@@ -137,12 +135,6 @@ func (handler *Handler) stackGitRedeploy(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
 		}
 	}
 
-	backupProjectPath := fmt.Sprintf("%s-old", stack.ProjectPath)
-	err = filesystem.MoveDirectory(stack.ProjectPath, backupProjectPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return httperror.InternalServerError("Unable to move git repository directory", err)
-	}
-
 	repositoryUsername := ""
 	repositoryPassword := ""
 	if payload.RepositoryAuthentication {