diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 8b9d4a6b3..90ec636ef 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -247,67 +247,6 @@ check_sudoers() {
   fi
 }
 
-check_log_size_limit() {
-  local num_minion_pillars
-  num_minion_pillars=$(find /opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/minions/ -type f | wc -l)
-  
-  if [[ $num_minion_pillars -gt 1 ]]; then
-    if find /opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/minions/ -type f | grep -q "_heavynode"; then
-      lsl_msg='distributed'
-    fi
-  else
-    local minion_id
-    minion_id=$(lookup_salt_value "id" "" "grains" "" "local")
-
-    local minion_arr
-    IFS='_' read -ra minion_arr <<< "$minion_id"
-
-    local node_type="${minion_arr[0]}"
-    
-    local current_limit
-    # since it is possible for the salt-master service to be stopped when this is run, we need to check the pillar values locally
-    # we need to combine default local and default pillars before doing this so we can define --pillar-root in salt-call
-    local epoch_date=$(date +%s%N)
-    mkdir -vp /opt/so/saltstack/soup_tmp_${epoch_date}/
-    cp -r /opt/so/saltstack/default/pillar/ /opt/so/saltstack/soup_tmp_${epoch_date}/
-    # use \cp here to overwrite any pillar files from default with those in local for the tmp directory
-    \cp -r /opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/ /opt/so/saltstack/soup_tmp_${epoch_date}/
-    current_limit=$(salt-call pillar.get elasticsearch:log_size_limit --local --pillar-root=/opt/so/saltstack/soup_tmp_${epoch_date}/pillar --out=newline_values_only)
-    rm -rf /opt/so/saltstack/soup_tmp_${epoch_date}/
-    
-    local percent
-    case $node_type in
-      'standalone' | 'eval')
-        percent=50
-      ;;
-      *)
-        percent=80
-      ;;
-    esac
-
-    local disk_dir="/"
-    if [ -d /nsm ]; then
-      disk_dir="/nsm"
-    fi
-
-    local disk_size_1k
-    disk_size_1k=$(df $disk_dir | grep -v "^Filesystem" | awk '{print $2}')
-
-    local ratio="1048576"
-
-    local disk_size_gb
-    disk_size_gb=$( echo "$disk_size_1k" "$ratio" | awk '{print($1/$2)}' )
-
-    local new_limit
-    new_limit=$( echo "$disk_size_gb" "$percent" | awk '{printf("%.0f", $1 * ($2/100))}')
-
-    if [[ $current_limit != "$new_limit" ]]; then
-      lsl_msg='single-node'
-      lsl_details=( "$current_limit" "$new_limit" "$minion_id" )
-    fi
-  fi
-}
-
 check_os_updates() {
   # Check to see if there are OS updates
   echo "Checking for OS updates."