diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index b4cbc43ec..46aa0c650 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ up_2.3.3X_to_2.3.50() {
       DELREPOS=('CentOS-Base' 'CentOS-CR' 'CentOS-Debuginfo' 'docker-ce' 'CentOS-fasttrack' 'CentOS-Media' 'CentOS-Sources' 'CentOS-Vault' 'CentOS-x86_64-kernel' 'epel' 'epel-testing' 'saltstack' 'wazuh')
     
       for DELREPO in "${DELREPOS[@]}"; do
-        rm /etc/yum.repos.d/"$DELREPO".repo
+        rm -f /etc/yum.repos.d/"$DELREPO".repo
       done
 
       # Copy the new repo file if not airgap