diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-import-pcap b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-import-pcap
index d6815c450..289d27024 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-import-pcap
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-import-pcap
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ function usage {
   cat << EOF
 Usage: $0 <pcap-file-1> [pcap-file-2] [pcap-file-N]
 
-Imports one or more PCAP files for analysis. If available, curator will be automatically stopped.
+Imports one or more PCAP files onto a sensor node. The PCAP traffic will be analyzed and
+made available for review in the Security Onion toolset.
 EOF
 }
 
@@ -112,14 +113,6 @@ for i in "$@"; do
   fi
 done
 
-if ! [ -d /opt/so/conf/curator ]; then
-  echo "Curator is not installed on this node and cannot be stopped automatically."
-else
-  echo -n "Stopping curator..."
-  so-curator-stop > /dev/null 2>&1
-  echo "Done"
-fi
-
 # track if we have any valid or invalid pcaps
 INVALID_PCAPS="no"
 VALID_PCAPS="no"