diff --git a/plugins/apps/subcommands/rename b/plugins/apps/subcommands/rename
index dbf69b17c..5a46b0b18 100755
--- a/plugins/apps/subcommands/rename
+++ b/plugins/apps/subcommands/rename
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ cmd-apps-rename() {
   cp -a "$DOKKU_ROOT/$OLD_APP/." "$DOKKU_ROOT/$NEW_APP"
   plugn trigger post-app-rename-setup "$OLD_APP" "$NEW_APP"
   DOKKU_APPS_FORCE_DELETE=1 apps_destroy "$OLD_APP"
-  [[ -f "$DOKKU_ROOT/$NEW_APP/URLS" ]] && sed -i -e "s/$OLD_APP/$NEW_APP/g" "$DOKKU_ROOT/$NEW_APP/URLS"
-  [[ -f "$DOKKU_ROOT/$NEW_APP/VHOST" ]] && sed -i -e "s/$OLD_APP/$NEW_APP/g" "$DOKKU_ROOT/$NEW_APP/VHOST"
   [[ -f "$DOKKU_ROOT/$NEW_APP/hooks/pre-receive" ]] && sed -i -e "s/git-hook $OLD_APP/git-hook $NEW_APP/g" "$DOKKU_ROOT/$NEW_APP/hooks/pre-receive"
   plugn trigger post-app-rename "$OLD_APP" "$NEW_APP"
   docker_cleanup "$OLD_APP" "true"
diff --git a/plugins/domains/post-app-rename-setup b/plugins/domains/post-app-rename-setup
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..08be9639d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/domains/post-app-rename-setup
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eo pipefail
+[[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
+
+trigger-domains-post-app-rename-setup() {
+  declare desc="updates VHOST and URLS files during rename"
+  declare trigger="post-app-rename-setup"
+  declare OLD_APP="$1" NEW_APP="$2"
+
+  [[ -f "$DOKKU_ROOT/$NEW_APP/URLS" ]] && sed -i -e "s/$OLD_APP/$NEW_APP/g" "$DOKKU_ROOT/$NEW_APP/URLS"
+  [[ -f "$DOKKU_ROOT/$NEW_APP/VHOST" ]] && sed -i -e "s/$OLD_APP/$NEW_APP/g" "$DOKKU_ROOT/$NEW_APP/VHOST"
+}
+
+trigger-domains-post-app-rename-setup "$@"