diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-minion b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-minion
index 58f04ab77..cb1c4db3e 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-minion
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-minion
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 # https://securityonion.net/license; you may not use this file except in compliance with the
 # Elastic License 2.0.
 
-
+if [ $OPERATION != 'setup' ]; then
 . /usr/sbin/so-common
+fi
 
 if [[ $# -lt 1 ]]; then
   echo "Usage: $0 -o=<operation> -m=[id]"