diff --git a/lib/commands/new/helper.js b/lib/commands/new/helper.js
index 3d628e5d..750bff7b 100644
--- a/lib/commands/new/helper.js
+++ b/lib/commands/new/helper.js
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ const ResourcesConfig = require('@src/model/resources-config');
 const CONSTANTS = require('@src/utils/constants');
 const stringUtils = require('@src/utils/string-utils');
 
-const ui = require('./ui');
-
 module.exports = {
     downloadTemplateFromGit,
     loadSkillProjectModel,
@@ -83,7 +81,7 @@ function updateSkillProjectWithUserSettings(skillName, projectPath, profile) {
  */
 function initializeDeployDelegate(deployerType, projectFolderPath, profile, doDebug, callback) {
     // no need to bootstrap if it's self-hosted
-    if (deployerType === ui.SKIP_DEPLOY_DELEGATE_SELECTION) {
+    if (!deployerType) {
         return callback();
     }
     // no need to bootstrap as the project is already configured with deployerType
diff --git a/lib/commands/new/ui.js b/lib/commands/new/ui.js
index 74cbdd14..08a61355 100644
--- a/lib/commands/new/ui.js
+++ b/lib/commands/new/ui.js
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ function getDeploymentType(deployType, callback) {
         pageSize: 30,
         filter: input => input.replace(/\n.*/g, '')
     }]).then((answer) => {
+        if (answer.deployDelegate === SKIP_DEPLOY_DELEGATE_SELECTION) {
+            return callback();
+        }
         callback(null, R.find(R.propEq('OPTION_NAME', answer.deployDelegate))(R.values(deployType)).NAME);
     }).catch((error) => {
         callback(error);
diff --git a/lib/commands/new/wizard-helper.js b/lib/commands/new/wizard-helper.js
index 3d6c93a8..22c55945 100644
--- a/lib/commands/new/wizard-helper.js
+++ b/lib/commands/new/wizard-helper.js
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ function _getTemplateInfo(cmd, userInput, callback) {
  */
 function _newWithOfficialTemplate(language, deploymentType, doDebug, callback) {
     let templateIndexUrl;
-    if (deploymentType === ui.SKIP_DEPLOY_DELEGATE_SELECTION) {
+    if (!deploymentType) {
         templateIndexUrl = CONSTANTS.TEMPLATES.LANGUAGE_MAP[language].TEMPLATE_INDEX;
     } else {
         templateIndexUrl = DeployDelegate.builtin[deploymentType].templates.language_map[language];
diff --git a/test/unit/commands/new/helper-test.js b/test/unit/commands/new/helper-test.js
index 477b6e2f..17e04088 100644
--- a/test/unit/commands/new/helper-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/commands/new/helper-test.js
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ describe('Commands new test - helper test', () => {
     const TEST_TEMPLATE_URL = 'value';
     const TEST_SKILL_FOLDER_NAME = 'skillFolderName';
     const TEST_SKILL_NAME = 'skillName';
-    const TEST_SKIP_DEPLOY_DELEGATE = 'self-hosted and manage your own hosting';
     const TEST_USER_INPUT = {
         skillName: 'testName',
         projectFolderName: 'projectName',
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ describe('Commands new test - helper test', () => {
         it('| ui select deploy delegate pass and selection is opt-out, expect quit process', (done) => {
             // setup
             // call
-            helper.initializeDeployDelegate(TEST_SKIP_DEPLOY_DELEGATE, TEST_INFRA_PATH, TEST_PROFILE, TEST_DO_DEBUG, (err, res) => {
+            helper.initializeDeployDelegate(null, TEST_INFRA_PATH, TEST_PROFILE, TEST_DO_DEBUG, (err, res) => {
                 // verify
                 expect(res).equal(undefined);
                 expect(err).equal(undefined);
diff --git a/test/unit/commands/new/ui-test.js b/test/unit/commands/new/ui-test.js
index 3b33a186..fff4105a 100644
--- a/test/unit/commands/new/ui-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/commands/new/ui-test.js
@@ -390,6 +390,24 @@ describe('Commands new - UI test', () => {
             });
         });
 
+        it('| self-hosted confirmation entered by user is retrieved correctly', (done) => {
+            // setup
+            inquirer.prompt.resolves({ deployDelegate: ui.SKIP_DEPLOY_DELEGATE_SELECTION });
+            // call
+            ui.getDeploymentType(TEST_DEPLOYMENT_MAP, (err, response) => {
+                // verify
+                validateInquirerConfig(inquirer.prompt.args[0][0][0], {
+                    message: 'Choose a method to host your skill\'s backend resources: ',
+                    type: 'list',
+                    choices: TEST_DEPLOYMENT_CHOICES_WITH_SEP
+                });
+                expect(inquirer.prompt.args[0][0][0].filter('a \n \n b')).equal('a ');
+                expect(err).equal(undefined);
+                expect(response).equal(undefined);
+                done();
+            });
+        });
+
         it('| get confirmation meets inquirer throws exception', (done) => {
             // setup
             inquirer.prompt.rejects(new Error(TEST_ERROR));
diff --git a/test/unit/commands/new/wizard-helper-test.js b/test/unit/commands/new/wizard-helper-test.js
index ab6b66b8..785256ec 100644
--- a/test/unit/commands/new/wizard-helper-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/commands/new/wizard-helper-test.js
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ We currently only support ".git" url for user's custom template.`;
                 body: TEST_TEMPLATE_MAP
             };
             ui.selectSkillCodeLanguage.callsArgWith(0, null, TEST_LANGUAGE_RESPONSE);
-            ui.getDeploymentType.callsArgWith(1, null, TEST_DEPLOYMENT_MANUAL_TYPE);
+            ui.getDeploymentType.callsArgWith(1, null);
             httpClient.request.callsArgWith(3, null, TEST_HTTP_RESPONSE);
             ui.getTargetTemplateName.callsArgWith(1, null, TEST_TEMPLATE_NAME);
             ui.getSkillName.callsArgWith(1, TEST_ERROR);