diff --git a/freqtrade/data/history/history_utils.py b/freqtrade/data/history/history_utils.py
index e6b8db322..7cdee8b71 100644
--- a/freqtrade/data/history/history_utils.py
+++ b/freqtrade/data/history/history_utils.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 import arrow
-from pandas import DataFrame
+from pandas import DataFrame, concat
 
 from freqtrade.configuration import TimeRange
 from freqtrade.constants import DEFAULT_DATAFRAME_COLUMNS
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ def _download_pair_history(pair: str, *,
         else:
             # Run cleaning again to ensure there were no duplicate candles
             # Especially between existing and new data.
-            data = clean_ohlcv_dataframe(data.append(new_dataframe), timeframe, pair,
+            data = clean_ohlcv_dataframe(concat([data, new_dataframe], axis=0), timeframe, pair,
                                          fill_missing=False, drop_incomplete=False)
 
         logger.debug("New  Start: %s",
diff --git a/tests/plugins/test_pairlist.py b/tests/plugins/test_pairlist.py
index 76a067cee..219933bb4 100644
--- a/tests/plugins/test_pairlist.py
+++ b/tests/plugins/test_pairlist.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import logging
 import time
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, PropertyMock
 
+import pandas as pd
 import pytest
 import time_machine
 
@@ -492,7 +493,7 @@ def test_VolumePairList_whitelist_gen(mocker, whitelist_conf, shitcoinmarkets, t
     ohlcv_data = {
         ('ETH/BTC', '1d'): ohlcv_history,
         ('TKN/BTC', '1d'): ohlcv_history,
-        ('LTC/BTC', '1d'): ohlcv_history.append(ohlcv_history),
+        ('LTC/BTC', '1d'): pd.concat([ohlcv_history, ohlcv_history]),
         ('XRP/BTC', '1d'): ohlcv_history,
         ('HOT/BTC', '1d'): ohlcv_history_high_vola,
     }