diff --git a/plugins/common/functions b/plugins/common/functions
index 0b4b0c0d0..98237caf5 100755
--- a/plugins/common/functions
+++ b/plugins/common/functions
@@ -250,43 +250,11 @@ is_valid_app_name_old() {
 verify_app_name() {
   declare desc="verify app name format and app existence"
   declare APP="$1"
-  export SSH_USER=${SSH_USER:=$USER}
-  export SSH_NAME=${NAME:="default"}
 
-  local VALID_NEW=false
-  local VALID_OLD=false
-  if fn-is-valid-app-name "$APP" 2>/dev/null; then
-    VALID_NEW=true
-  fi
-
-  if fn-is-valid-app-name-old "$APP" 2>/dev/null; then
-    VALID_OLD=true
-  fi
-
-  if [[ "$VALID_NEW" == "false" ]] && [[ "$VALID_OLD" == "false" ]]; then
-    dokku_log_fail "App name must begin with lowercase alphanumeric character, and cannot include uppercase characters, colons, or underscores"
-  fi
-
-  [[ ! -d "$DOKKU_ROOT/$APP" ]] && DOKKU_FAIL_EXIT_CODE=20 dokku_log_fail "App $APP does not exist"
-
-  local user_auth_count=$(find "$PLUGIN_PATH"/enabled/*/user-auth-app 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
-
-  # no plugin trigger exists
-  if [[ $user_auth_count == 0 ]]; then
+  if "$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/common/common" --quiet verify-app-name "$APP"; then
     return 0
   fi
 
-  # this plugin trigger exists in the core `20_events` plugin
-  if [[ "$user_auth_count" == 1 ]] && [[ -f "$PLUGIN_PATH"/enabled/20_events/user-auth-app ]]; then
-    return 0
-  fi
-
-  if output="$(plugn trigger user-auth-app "$SSH_USER" "$SSH_NAME" "$@" "$APP")"; then
-    if [[ -n "$output" ]]; then
-      return 0
-    fi
-  fi
-
   DOKKU_FAIL_EXIT_CODE=20 dokku_log_fail "App $APP does not exist"
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/common/log.go b/plugins/common/log.go
index d45f26e48..dec3791b1 100644
--- a/plugins/common/log.go
+++ b/plugins/common/log.go
@@ -61,6 +61,19 @@ func LogFailWithError(err error) {
 	os.Exit(1)
 }
 
+// LogFailWithErrorQuiet is the failure log formatter (with quiet option)
+// prints text to stderr and exits with the specified exit code
+// The error message is not printed if DOKKU_QUIET_OUTPUT has any value
+func LogFailWithErrorQuiet(err error) {
+	if os.Getenv("DOKKU_QUIET_OUTPUT") == "" {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, fmt.Sprintf(" !     %s", err.Error()))
+	}
+	if errExit, ok := err.(ErrWithExitCode); ok {
+		os.Exit(errExit.ExitCode())
+	}
+	os.Exit(1)
+}
+
 // LogFailQuiet is the failure log formatter (with quiet option)
 // prints text to stderr and exits with status 1
 func LogFailQuiet(text string) {
diff --git a/plugins/common/src/common/common.go b/plugins/common/src/common/common.go
index 432aa00e8..4b4c078dc 100644
--- a/plugins/common/src/common/common.go
+++ b/plugins/common/src/common/common.go
@@ -38,11 +38,14 @@ func main() {
 			appName = "--global"
 		}
 		fmt.Print(common.GetAppScheduler(appName))
+	case "verify-app-name":
+		appName := flag.Arg(1)
+		err = common.VerifyAppName(appName)
 	default:
 		err = fmt.Errorf("Invalid common command call: %v", cmd)
 	}
 
 	if err != nil {
-		common.LogFailQuiet(err.Error())
+		common.LogFailWithErrorQuiet(err)
 	}
 }