diff --git a/pkg/app/app_apply_test.go b/pkg/app/app_apply_test.go
index 22977c09..6b8a80c6 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app_apply_test.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app_apply_test.go
@@ -269,85 +269,6 @@ releases:
 			},
 			// as we check for log output, set concurrency to 1 to avoid non-deterministic test result
 			concurrency: 1,
-			log: `processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
-changing working directory to "/path/to"
-first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
-first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7: 
- 8: - name: external-secrets
- 9:   chart: incubator/raw
-10:   namespace: default
-11:   labels:
-12:     app: test
-13:   needs:
-14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-15: 
-16: - name: my-release
-17:   chart: incubator/raw
-18:   namespace: default
-19:   labels:
-20:     app: test
-21:   needs:
-22:   - default/external-secrets
-23: 
-
-first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
-vals:
-map[]
-defaultVals:[]
-second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7: 
- 8: - name: external-secrets
- 9:   chart: incubator/raw
-10:   namespace: default
-11:   labels:
-12:     app: test
-13:   needs:
-14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-15: 
-16: - name: my-release
-17:   chart: incubator/raw
-18:   namespace: default
-19:   labels:
-20:     app: test
-21:   needs:
-22:   - default/external-secrets
-23: 
-
-merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
-2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
-
-Affected releases are:
-  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
-
-processing 1 groups of releases in this order:
-GROUP RELEASES
-1     default/default/external-secrets
-
-processing releases in group 1/1: default/default/external-secrets
-
-UPDATED RELEASES:
-NAME               CHART           VERSION
-external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
-
-changing working directory back to "/path/to"
-`,
 		})
 	})
 
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/skip-needs=true_with_no_diff_on_a_release/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/skip-needs=true_with_no_diff_on_a_release/log
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5aef569a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/skip-needs=true_with_no_diff_on_a_release/log
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
+changing working directory to "/path/to"
+first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
+first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7: 
+ 8: - name: external-secrets
+ 9:   chart: incubator/raw
+10:   namespace: default
+11:   labels:
+12:     app: test
+13:   needs:
+14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+15: 
+16: - name: my-release
+17:   chart: incubator/raw
+18:   namespace: default
+19:   labels:
+20:     app: test
+21:   needs:
+22:   - default/external-secrets
+23: 
+
+first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
+vals:
+map[]
+defaultVals:[]
+second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7: 
+ 8: - name: external-secrets
+ 9:   chart: incubator/raw
+10:   namespace: default
+11:   labels:
+12:     app: test
+13:   needs:
+14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+15: 
+16: - name: my-release
+17:   chart: incubator/raw
+18:   namespace: default
+19:   labels:
+20:     app: test
+21:   needs:
+22:   - default/external-secrets
+23: 
+
+merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
+2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
+
+Affected releases are:
+  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
+
+invoking preapply hooks for 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/default/my-release
+2     default/default/external-secrets
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/2: default/default/my-release
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/2: default/default/external-secrets
+processing 1 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/default/external-secrets
+
+processing releases in group 1/1: default/default/external-secrets
+
+UPDATED RELEASES:
+NAME               CHART           VERSION
+external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
+
+changing working directory back to "/path/to"