diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a0b79367469..ab536a1bd37 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     "babel-preset-ts-node6-bluebird": "^3.0.2",
     "convert-source-map": "^1.6.0",
     "decompress-zip": "^0.3.1",
-    "depcheck": "^0.8.0",
+    "depcheck": "^0.8.1",
     "electron-builder-tslint-config": "^1.1.0",
     "globby": "^9.2.0",
     "jest-cli": "^24.8.0",
diff --git a/packages/app-builder-lib/src/targets/snap.ts b/packages/app-builder-lib/src/targets/snap.ts
index 8b376cfa521..ea8e07f128e 100644
--- a/packages/app-builder-lib/src/targets/snap.ts
+++ b/packages/app-builder-lib/src/targets/snap.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ export default class SnapTarget extends Target {
     }
 
     const snap: any = safeLoad(await readFile(path.join(getTemplatePath("snap"), "snapcraft.yaml"), "utf-8"))
+    if (this.isUseTemplateApp) {
+      delete appDescriptor.adapter
+    }
     if (options.grade != null) {
       snap.grade = options.grade
     }
diff --git a/test/out/linux/__snapshots__/snapTest.js.snap b/test/out/linux/__snapshots__/snapTest.js.snap
index c097723aff4..da69652e893 100644
--- a/test/out/linux/__snapshots__/snapTest.js.snap
+++ b/test/out/linux/__snapshots__/snapTest.js.snap
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ exports[`custom after, no desktop 1`] = `
 Object {
   "apps": Object {
     "sep": Object {
-      "adapter": "none",
       "command": "command.sh",
       "environment": Object {
         "LD_LIBRARY_PATH": "$SNAP_LIBRARY_PATH:$SNAP/lib:$SNAP/usr/lib:$SNAP/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:$SNAP/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$SNAP/lib:$SNAP/usr/lib:$SNAP/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:$SNAP/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu",
@@ -283,7 +282,6 @@ exports[`custom env 1`] = `
 Object {
   "apps": Object {
     "sep": Object {
-      "adapter": "none",
       "command": "command.sh",
       "environment": Object {
         "FOO": "bar",
@@ -1119,7 +1117,6 @@ exports[`no desktop plugs 1`] = `
 Object {
   "apps": Object {
     "sep": Object {
-      "adapter": "none",
       "command": "command.sh",
       "environment": Object {
         "LD_LIBRARY_PATH": "$SNAP_LIBRARY_PATH:$SNAP/lib:$SNAP/usr/lib:$SNAP/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:$SNAP/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$SNAP/lib:$SNAP/usr/lib:$SNAP/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:$SNAP/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 15e290be1f6..e36587e1266 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2249,10 +2249,10 @@ delegates@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/delegates/-/delegates-1.0.0.tgz#84c6e159b81904fdca59a0ef44cd870d31250f9a"
   integrity sha1-hMbhWbgZBP3KWaDvRM2HDTElD5o=
 
-depcheck@^0.8.0:
-  version "0.8.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/depcheck/-/depcheck-0.8.0.tgz#2f6f0bd5ebdd65051e1df336feb9a601711c1bfd"
-  integrity sha512-ZCwp4SeB6JYMyd2/lFC4RwtAZ8CqPY5c4Yq2sQQI0q3ycCs9M4GVqbKqvtMFFbZaVVjNw9gVEIPELCQxR3HDpw==
+depcheck@^0.8.1:
+  version "0.8.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/depcheck/-/depcheck-0.8.1.tgz#bb15dc13b9b312b8abd975a40b359680f502ed7e"
+  integrity sha512-d1z6xB6/hn9sJOmwTUi5EkuIXUV2L+7dErjfQwcr2vLjmUkQxxZTCoqqx9XgvLQicGHEE2qYsXZqOVU5u379IQ==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/parser" "^7.3.1"
     "@babel/traverse" "^7.2.3"
@@ -2399,9 +2399,9 @@ electron-osx-sign@0.4.11:
     plist "^3.0.1"
 
 electron-to-chromium@^1.3.150:
-  version "1.3.158"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron-to-chromium/-/electron-to-chromium-1.3.158.tgz#5e16909dcfd25ab7cd1665114ee381083a3ee858"
-  integrity sha512-wJsJaWsViNQ129XPGmyO5gGs1jPMHr9vffjHAhUje1xZbEzQcqbENdvfyRD9q8UF0TgFQFCCUbaIpJarFbvsIg==
+  version "1.3.159"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron-to-chromium/-/electron-to-chromium-1.3.159.tgz#4292643c5cb77678821ce01557ba6dd0f562db5e"
+  integrity sha512-bhiEr8/A97GUBcUzNb9MFNhzQOjakbKmEKBEAa6UMY45zG2e8PM63LOgAPXEJE9bQiaQH6nOdYiYf8X821tZjQ==
 
 emoji-regex@^7.0.1:
   version "7.0.3"