diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-minion b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-minion
index 34e069ece..79eea59fe 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-minion
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-minion
@@ -426,10 +426,6 @@ function checkMine() {
 
 }
 
-function updateMine() {
-	retry 20 1 "salt '$MINION_ID' mine.update" True
-}
-
 function createEVAL() {
 	is_pcaplimit=true
 	pcapspace
@@ -604,20 +600,12 @@ function addMinion() {
 }
 
 function updateMineAndApplyStates() {
-	# tell the minion to populate the mine with data from mine_functions which is populated during setup
-	# this only needs to happen on non managers since they handle this during setup
-	# and they need to wait for ca creation to update the mine
-	updateMine
-	checkMine "network.ip_addrs"
-	# apply the elasticsearch state to the manager if a new searchnode was added
-	if [[ "$NODETYPE" == "SEARCHNODE" || "$NODETYPE" == "HEAVYNODE" ]]; then
-		# calls so-common and set_minionid sets MINIONID to local minion id
-		set_minionid
-		salt $MINIONID state.apply elasticsearch queue=True --async
-		salt $MINIONID state.apply soc queue=True --async
-	fi
-	# run this async so the cli doesn't wait for a return
-	salt "$MINION_ID" state.highstate --async queue=True
+
+	#checkMine "network.ip_addrs"
+	# calls so-common and set_minionid sets MINIONID to local minion id
+	set_minionid
+	# $MINIONID is the minion id of the manager and $MINION_ID is the target node or the node being configured
+	salt-run state.orch orch.deploy_newnode pillar="{'setup': {'manager': $MINIONID, 'newnode': $MINION_ID }}" > /dev/null 2>&1 &
 }
 
 function setupMinionFiles() {
diff --git a/salt/orch/deploy_newnode.sls b/salt/orch/deploy_newnode.sls
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c05a812a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/salt/orch/deploy_newnode.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{% set MANAGER = salt['pillar.get']('setup:manager') %}
+{% set NEWNODE = salt['pillar.get']('setup:newnode') %}
+
+# tell the minion to populate the mine with data from mine_functions which is populated during setup
+# this only needs to happen on non managers since they handle this during setup
+# and they need to wait for ca creation to update the mine
+{{NEWNODE}}_update_mine:
+  salt.function:
+    - name: mine.update
+    - tgt: {{ NEWNODE }}
+    - retry:
+        attempts: 36
+        interval: 5
+
+# we need to prepare the manager for a new searchnode or heavynode
+{% if NEWNODE.split('_')|last in ['searchnode', 'heavynode'] %}
+manager_run_es_soc:
+  salt.state:
+    - tgt: {{ MANAGER }}
+    - sls:
+      - elasticsearch
+      - soc
+    - queue: True
+    - require:
+        - salt: {{NEWNODE}}_update_mine
+{% endif %}
+
+{{NEWNODE}}_run_highstate:
+  salt.state:
+    - tgt: {{ NEWNODE }}
+    - highstate: True
+    - queue: True
diff --git a/setup/so-setup b/setup/so-setup
index 1c3be22bf..8a1879c58 100755
--- a/setup/so-setup
+++ b/setup/so-setup
@@ -808,7 +808,6 @@ if ! [[ -f $install_opt_file ]]; then
 		configure_minion "$minion_type"
 		check_sos_appliance
 		drop_install_options
-		logCmd "salt-call state.apply setup.highstate_cron --local --file-root=../salt/"
 		verify_setup
 	fi