diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 61abbee62..64db41252 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ post_to_2.4.30() {
 
 post_to_2.4.40() {
   echo "Removing Curator close files"
-  rm -f /opt/so/conf/curator/files/action/*-close.y*ml
+  rm -f /opt/so/conf/curator/action/*-close.y*ml
 }
 
 repo_sync() {