1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 8004d0d0bc8..f01555f6e09 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -1740,7 +1740,7 @@ class Project < ApplicationRecord
   end
 
   def pages_deployed?
-    Dir.exist?(public_pages_path)
+    pages_metadatum&.deployed?
   end
 
   def pages_group_url
@@ -1773,10 +1773,6 @@ class Project < ApplicationRecord
     File.join(Settings.pages.path, full_path)
   end
 
-  def public_pages_path
-    File.join(pages_path, 'public')
-  end
-
   def pages_available?
     Gitlab.config.pages.enabled
   end