diff --git a/install b/install
index 7c25b2a400..0fd84f77cb 100755
--- a/install
+++ b/install
@@ -40,34 +40,21 @@ if [ -z "$DIRECTORY" ] || [ "$DIRECTORY" == "$HOME" ] || [ "$DIRECTORY" == bash
 fi
 downloaded=0 #track if pi-apps was downloaded this time
 
-#Re-download pi-apps folder if local git repo is over 1 months out of date
-if [ -d "$DIRECTORY" ];then
-  #first compare local git repo's last-commit-time with the current system time (Unix epoch time format)
-  current_git_date="$(cd "$DIRECTORY"; git show -s --format=%ct)"
-  current_local_date="$(date +%s)"
-  if [ -z "$current_git_date" ] || [ "$current_local_date" -gt $(($current_git_date + 30*60*60*24)) ];then
-    
-    #if local git repo's last-commit-time is 3 months older than current system time, now compare the local git repo's last-commit-time with the online repo's modification time to avoid false positives.
-    #This two-tiered approach prevents unnecessary GitHub API calls and speeds up script's execution for normal usage.
-    
-    command -v curl >/dev/null || sudo apt install -y curl
-    upstream_git_date="$(curl https://api.github.com/repos/Botspot/pi-apps/commits/master 2>&1 | grep '"date":' | tail -n 1 | sed 's/"date"://g' | xargs date +%s -d 2>/dev/null)"
-    
-    if [[ "$upstream_git_date" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] && ([ -z "$current_git_date" ] || [ "$upstream_git_date" -gt $(($current_git_date + 30*60*60*24)) ]);then
-      rm -rf ~/pi-apps-forced-update
-      
-      echo "Reinstalling Pi-Apps..."
-      downloaded=1
-      output="$(git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps ~/pi-apps-forced-update 2>&1)"
-      if [ $? != 0 ] || [ ! -d "$DIRECTORY" ];then
-        error "Pi-Apps download failed!\ngit clone output was: $output"
-      fi
-      cp -af "${DIRECTORY}/data" ~/pi-apps-forced-update
-      cp -af "${DIRECTORY}/apps" ~/pi-apps-forced-update
-      rm -rf "$DIRECTORY"
-      mv -f ~/pi-apps-forced-update "$DIRECTORY"
-    fi
+#Re-download pi-apps folder in all cases if pi-apps already exists
+#users expect to use the install script to "restore" a working pi-apps install in incase their local version is somehow not working or corrupted
+if [ -d "$DIRECTORY" ];then    
+  rm -rf ~/pi-apps-forced-update
+  
+  echo "Reinstalling Pi-Apps..."
+  downloaded=1
+  output="$(git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps ~/pi-apps-forced-update 2>&1)"
+  if [ $? != 0 ] || [ ! -d "$DIRECTORY" ];then
+    error "Pi-Apps download failed!\ngit clone output was: $output"
   fi
+  cp -af "${DIRECTORY}/data" ~/pi-apps-forced-update
+  cp -af "${DIRECTORY}/apps" ~/pi-apps-forced-update
+  rm -rf "$DIRECTORY"
+  mv -f ~/pi-apps-forced-update "$DIRECTORY"
   
 #if pi-apps folder does not exist, download it
 elif [ ! -d "$DIRECTORY" ];then