diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-pipelines b/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-pipelines
index 4afc9bd4d..fa0e57fc4 100755
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-pipelines
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-pipelines
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 . /usr/sbin/so-common
 
-RETURN_CODE=0
 ELASTICSEARCH_HOST=$1
 ELASTICSEARCH_PORT=9200
 
@@ -30,11 +29,4 @@ if [ ! -f /opt/so/state/espipelines.txt ]; then
 
   cd - >/dev/null
   
-  if [[ "$RETURN_CODE" != "1" ]]; then
-    touch /opt/so/state/espipelines.txt
-  else
-    echo "Errors were detected. This script will run again during the next application of the state."
-  fi
-else
-  exit $RETURN_CODE
-fi
+  touch /opt/so/state/espipelines.txt