diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-saltstack-update b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-saltstack-update
index 59c497487..73688dc08 100644
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-saltstack-update
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-saltstack-update
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ copy_new_files() {
   # Copy new files over to the salt dir
   cd /tmp/sogh/securityonion
   git checkout $BRANCH
-  rsync -a --exclude-from 'exclude-list.txt' salt $default_salt_dir/
-  rsync -a --exclude-from 'exclude-list.txt' pillar $default_salt_dir/
+  rsync -a salt $default_salt_dir/
+  rsync -a pillar $default_salt_dir/
   chown -R socore:socore $default_salt_dir/salt
   chown -R socore:socore $default_salt_dir/pillar
   chmod 755 $default_salt_dir/pillar/firewall/addfirewall.sh