diff --git a/examples/chef/chef.py b/examples/chef/chef.py
index 909911159b1b20..075153245d8415 100755
--- a/examples/chef/chef.py
+++ b/examples/chef/chef.py
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 _DEVICE_FOLDER = os.path.join(_CHEF_SCRIPT_PATH, "devices")
 _DEVICE_LIST = [file[:-4] for file in os.listdir(_DEVICE_FOLDER) if file.endswith(".zap")]
 _CHEF_ZZZ_ROOT = os.path.join(_CHEF_SCRIPT_PATH, "zzz_generated")
-_CI_MANIFEST_FILE_NAME = os.path.join(_CHEF_SCRIPT_PATH, "ci_manifest.json")
 _CI_DEVICE_MANIFEST_NAME = "INPUTMD5.txt"
+_CI_ZAP_MANIFEST_NAME = "ZAPSHA.txt"
 _CICD_CONFIG_FILE_NAME = os.path.join(_CHEF_SCRIPT_PATH, "cicd_meta.json")
 _CI_ALLOW_LIST = ["lighting-app"]
 
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ def check_zap(master: bool = False) -> str:
 
 
 def generate_device_manifest(
-        include_zap_submod: bool = False,
         write_manifest_file: bool = False,
         zap_check_master: bool = False) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Produces dictionary containing md5 of device dir zap files.
@@ -137,6 +136,8 @@ def generate_device_manifest(
     """
     ci_manifest = {"devices": {}}
     devices_manifest = ci_manifest["devices"]
+    zap_sha = check_zap(master=zap_check_master)
+    ci_manifest["zap_commit"] = zap_sha
     for device_name in _DEVICE_LIST:
         device_file_path = os.path.join(_DEVICE_FOLDER, device_name + ".zap")
         with open(device_file_path, "rb") as device_file:
@@ -145,16 +146,13 @@ def generate_device_manifest(
         devices_manifest[device_name] = device_file_md5
         flush_print(f"Current digest for {device_name} : {device_file_md5}")
         if write_manifest_file:
-            device_zzz_md5_file = os.path.join(_CHEF_ZZZ_ROOT,
-                                               device_name,
-                                               _CI_DEVICE_MANIFEST_NAME)
-            with open(device_zzz_md5_file, "w+", encoding="utf-8") as md5file:
-                md5file.write(device_file_md5)
-    if include_zap_submod:
-        ci_manifest["zap_commit"] = check_zap(master=zap_check_master)
-    if write_manifest_file:
-        with open(_CI_MANIFEST_FILE_NAME, "w+", encoding="utf-8") as ci_manifest_file:
-            ci_manifest_file.write(json.dumps(ci_manifest, indent=4)+"\n")
+            device_zzz_dir = os.path.join(_CHEF_ZZZ_ROOT, device_name)
+            device_zzz_md5_file = os.path.join(device_zzz_dir, _CI_DEVICE_MANIFEST_NAME)
+            with open(device_zzz_md5_file, "w+", encoding="utf-8") as md5_file:
+                md5_file.write(device_file_md5)
+            device_zzz_zap_sha_file = os.path.join(device_zzz_dir, _CI_ZAP_MANIFEST_NAME)
+            with open(device_zzz_zap_sha_file, "w+", encoding="utf-8") as zap_sha_file:
+                zap_sha_file.write(zap_sha)
     return ci_manifest