diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 079b3fe72..a50359e8d 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@
 #    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-exec 3>&1 4>&2
-trap 'exec 2>&4 1>&3' 0 1 2 3
-exec 1>/opt/so/log/soup.log 2>&1
-
 . /usr/sbin/so-common
 UPDATE_DIR=/tmp/sogh/securityonion
 INSTALLEDVERSION=$(cat /etc/soversion)