diff --git a/app/models/ci/pipeline.rb b/app/models/ci/pipeline.rb
index b8d77e624945ca9db7745578ccdbc62a2389bda4..445247f1b417d4880fe3544577dc9492f7530f6f 100644
--- a/app/models/ci/pipeline.rb
+++ b/app/models/ci/pipeline.rb
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ module Ci
           PipelineHooksWorker.perform_async(id)
           Ci::ExpirePipelineCacheService.new(project, nil)
             .execute(pipeline)
-          refresh_project_build_status_cache
         end
       end
 
@@ -392,10 +391,6 @@ module Ci
         .fabricate!
     end
 
-    def refresh_project_build_status_cache
-      Gitlab::Cache::Ci::ProjectPipelineStatus.update_for_pipeline(self)
-    end
-
     private
 
     def pipeline_data
diff --git a/app/services/ci/expire_pipeline_cache_service.rb b/app/services/ci/expire_pipeline_cache_service.rb
index c0e4a798f6aa790c4bd337c924f8f0f2c0059a53..91d9c1d2ba1b0d612d0859216091cff59b703437 100644
--- a/app/services/ci/expire_pipeline_cache_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/ci/expire_pipeline_cache_service.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ module Ci
       store.touch(commit_pipelines_path) if pipeline.commit
       store.touch(new_merge_request_pipelines_path)
       merge_requests_pipelines_paths.each { |path| store.touch(path) }
+
+      Gitlab::Cache::Ci::ProjectPipelineStatus.update_for_pipeline(@pipeline)
     end
 
     private
diff --git a/spec/models/ci/pipeline_spec.rb b/spec/models/ci/pipeline_spec.rb
index b71fd794d4ce7432ca6b906ba9b5623583fe4f7f..d7d6a75d38d1d95eaefff21f69ee263cf61635e9 100644
--- a/spec/models/ci/pipeline_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/ci/pipeline_spec.rb
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ describe Ci::Pipeline, models: true do
       end
     end
 
-    describe 'pipeline ETag caching' do
+    describe 'pipeline caching' do
       it 'executes ExpirePipelinesCacheService' do
         expect_any_instance_of(Ci::ExpirePipelineCacheService).to receive(:execute).with(pipeline)
 
@@ -1079,17 +1079,6 @@ describe Ci::Pipeline, models: true do
     end
   end
 
-  describe 'update project cache when transitioning' do
-    let(:pipeline) { create(:ci_pipeline, sha: '123456') }
-
-    it 'updates the cached status' do
-      expect(Gitlab::Cache::Ci::ProjectPipelineStatus).to receive(:update_for_pipeline).
-                                                         with(pipeline)
-
-      pipeline.block
-    end
-  end
-
   describe 'notifications when pipeline success or failed' do
     let(:project) { create(:project, :repository) }
 
diff --git a/spec/services/ci/expire_pipeline_cache_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/ci/expire_pipeline_cache_service_spec.rb
index 3c735872c30c8dd51c558915c08d6c98dd8eb6fd..166c6dfc93ef2dd8104906319c76bfd6d1c84637 100644
--- a/spec/services/ci/expire_pipeline_cache_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/ci/expire_pipeline_cache_service_spec.rb
@@ -16,5 +16,12 @@ describe Ci::ExpirePipelineCacheService, services: true do
 
       subject.execute(pipeline)
     end
+
+    it 'updates the cached status for a project' do
+      expect(Gitlab::Cache::Ci::ProjectPipelineStatus).to receive(:update_for_pipeline).
+                                                            with(pipeline)
+
+      subject.execute(pipeline)
+    end
   end
 end