diff --git a/tasks/review-app.js b/tasks/review-app.js
index 7c1cc108..983b4974 100644
--- a/tasks/review-app.js
+++ b/tasks/review-app.js
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ const getReviewAppUrl = reviewAppId => `https://api.heroku.com/review-apps/${rev
 const getPipelineReviewAppsUrl = pipelineId => `https://api.heroku.com/pipelines/${pipelineId}/review-apps`;
 const getAppUrl = appId => `https://api.heroku.com/apps/${appId}`;
 const getGithubArchiveUrl = ({ repoName, branch }) => `https://api.github.com/repos/Financial-Times/${repoName}/tarball/${branch}`;
-const getBuildsUrl = appId => `https://api.heroku.com/apps/${appId}/builds`;
 
 function herokuHeaders ({ useReviewAppApi } = {}) {
 	const defaultHeaders = useReviewAppApi
@@ -123,40 +122,23 @@ const getAppName = async (appId) => {
 		});
 };
 
-const findCreatedReviewApp = ({ pipelineId, branch }) => {
-	return fetch(getPipelineReviewAppsUrl(pipelineId))
+const deleteGitBranchReviewApp = ({ pipelineId, branch, headers }) => {
+	const getReviewAppId = (pipelineId) => fetch(getPipelineReviewAppsUrl(pipelineId), {
+		headers
+	})
+		.then(throwIfNotOk)
+		.then(res => res.json())
 		.then((reviewApps = []) =>
-			reviewApps.find(({ branch: reviewAppBranch }) => reviewAppBranch === branch));
-};
-
-const getBuilds = (data) => {
-	const { app: { id } } = data;
-	return fetch(getBuildsUrl(id));
-};
-
-const waitForReviewAppBuild = (commit) => async (reviewApp) => {
-	const checkForBuildAppId = getBuilds(reviewApp)
-		.then(builds => {
-			return builds.find(({ source_blob: { version } }) =>
-				version === commit);
-		})
-		.then(build => {
-			if (!build) {
-				throw new Error (`Build for commit ${commit} not found`);
-			}
-			return build;
-		})
-		.then(({ app: { id } }) => id);
+			reviewApps.find(
+				({ branch: reviewAppBranch }) => branch === reviewAppBranch)
+			)
+		.then(({ id }) => id);
+	const deleteReviewApp = (reviewAppId) => fetch(getReviewAppUrl(reviewAppId), {
+		headers,
+		method: 'delete'
+	}).then(throwIfNotOk);
 
-	return pRetry(checkForBuildAppId, {
-		factor: RETRY_EXP_BACK_OFF_FACTOR,
-		retries: NUM_RETRIES,
-		minTimeout: RETRY_INTERVAL,
-		onFailedAttempt: (err) => {
-			const { attemptNumber, message } = err;
-			console.error(`${attemptNumber}/${NUM_RETRIES}: ${message}`); // eslint-disable-line no-console
-		}
-	});
+	return getReviewAppId(pipelineId).then(deleteReviewApp);
 };
 
 async function task (app, options) {
@@ -182,27 +164,16 @@ async function task (app, options) {
 		.then(res => {
 			const { status } = res;
 			if (status === 409) {
-				return findCreatedReviewApp({
-					pipelineId,
-					branch
-				})
-					.then(reviewApp => {
-						if (!reviewApp) {
-							throw new Error(`No review app found for pipeline ${pipelineId}, branch ${branch}`);
-						}
-
-						return reviewApp;
-					})
-					.then(waitTillReviewAppCreated)
-					.then(waitForReviewAppBuild(commit))
-					.then(getAppName);
+				console.error(`Review app already created for ${branch} branch. Deleting existing review app first.`); // eslint-disable-line no-console
+				return deleteGitBranchReviewApp({ pipelineId, branch, headers })
+					.then(createReviewApp);
 			}
-			return Promise.resolve(res)
-				.then(throwIfNotOk)
-				.then(res => res.json())
-				.then(waitTillReviewAppCreated)
-				.then(getAppName);
+			return res;
 		})
+		.then(throwIfNotOk)
+		.then(res => res.json())
+		.then(waitTillReviewAppCreated)
+		.then(getAppName)
 		.then(appName => {
 			console.log(appName); // eslint-disable-line no-console
 		});