diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 0db0e8b84..49784652f 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -744,9 +744,6 @@ up_to_2.3.90() {
 up_to_2.3.100() {
   fix_wazuh
   
-  echo "Removing /opt/so/state files for patched Salt InfluxDB module and state. This is due to Salt being upgraded and needing to patch the files again."
-  rm -vrf /opt/so/state/influxdb_continuous_query.py.patched /opt/so/state/influxdb_retention_policy.py.patched /opt/so/state/influxdbmod.py.patched
-  
   echo "Adding receiver hostgroup with so-firewall"
   if so-firewall addhostgroup receiver 2>&1 | grep -q 'Already exists'; then
     echo 'receiver hostgroup already exists'
@@ -906,6 +903,8 @@ upgrade_salt() {
   else
     echo "Salt upgrade success."
     echo ""
+    echo "Removing /opt/so/state files for patched Salt InfluxDB module and state. This is due to Salt being upgraded and needing to patch the files again."
+    rm -vrf /opt/so/state/influxdb_continuous_query.py.patched /opt/so/state/influxdb_retention_policy.py.patched /opt/so/state/influxdbmod.py.patched
   fi
 
 }