diff --git a/plugins/proxy/functions b/plugins/proxy/functions
index f552f441e..010136719 100755
--- a/plugins/proxy/functions
+++ b/plugins/proxy/functions
@@ -23,3 +23,20 @@ get_app_proxy_type() {
 
   echo "$APP_PROXY_TYPE"
 }
+
+list_app_proxy_ports() {
+  declare desc="list proxy port mappings for an app"
+  local APP="$1"; verify_app_name "$APP"
+  local PROXY_PORT_MAP="$(config_get "$APP" DOKKU_PROXY_PORT_MAP || true)"
+
+  if [[ -n "$PROXY_PORT_MAP" ]]; then
+    dokku_log_info1_quiet "Port mappings for $APP"
+    dokku_col_log_info1_quiet "scheme" "host port" "container port"
+    local port_map
+    for port_map in $PROXY_PORT_MAP; do
+      dokku_col_log_msg "$(cut -d ':' -f1 <<< "$port_map")" "$(cut -d ':' -f2 <<< "$port_map")" "$(cut -d ':' -f3 <<< "$port_map")"
+    done
+  else
+    dokku_log_fail "No port mappings configured for app ($APP)"
+  fi
+}
diff --git a/plugins/proxy/subcommands/ports b/plugins/proxy/subcommands/ports
index 605e2a116..47a1a6cab 100755
--- a/plugins/proxy/subcommands/ports
+++ b/plugins/proxy/subcommands/ports
@@ -1,24 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -eo pipefail; [[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
 source "$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/common/functions"
+source "$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/proxy/functions"
 source "$PLUGIN_AVAILABLE_PATH/config/functions"
 
 proxy_ports_cmd() {
-  declare desc="list proxy port mappings for an app"
+  declare desc="cmd wrapper to list proxy port mappings for an app"
   local cmd="proxy:ports"
   local APP="$2"; verify_app_name "$APP"
-  local PROXY_PORT_MAP="$(config_get "$APP" DOKKU_PROXY_PORT_MAP || true)"
 
-  if [[ -n "$PROXY_PORT_MAP" ]]; then
-    dokku_log_info1_quiet "Port mappings for $APP"
-    dokku_col_log_info1_quiet "scheme" "host port" "container port"
-    local port_map
-    for port_map in $PROXY_PORT_MAP; do
-      dokku_col_log_msg "$(cut -d ':' -f1 <<< "$port_map")" "$(cut -d ':' -f2 <<< "$port_map")" "$(cut -d ':' -f3 <<< "$port_map")"
-    done
-  else
-    dokku_log_fail "No port mappings configured for app ($APP)"
-  fi
+  list_app_proxy_ports "$APP"
 }
 
 proxy_ports_cmd "$@"
diff --git a/plugins/proxy/subcommands/ports-remove b/plugins/proxy/subcommands/ports-remove
index 65927a07d..2c1fe0a90 100755
--- a/plugins/proxy/subcommands/ports-remove
+++ b/plugins/proxy/subcommands/ports-remove
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -eo pipefail; [[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
 source "$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/common/functions"
+source "$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/proxy/functions"
 source "$PLUGIN_AVAILABLE_PATH/config/functions"
 
 proxy_ports_remove_cmd() {
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ proxy_ports_remove_cmd() {
     plugn trigger post-proxy-ports-update "$APP" "remove"
   else
     dokku_log_warn "No port mapping specified. Please supply a valid configured host port"
-    dokku proxy:ports "$APP"
+    list_app_proxy_ports "$APP"
     dokku_log_fail "exiting..."
   fi
 }