diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index e9313ad9e..c1e25b208 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -932,7 +932,8 @@ main() {
     [[ $is_airgap -eq 0 ]] && unmount_update
     thehive_maint
 
-    if [[ $UPGRADESALT -eq 1 ]]; then
+    NUM_MINIONS=$(ls /opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/minions/*_*.sls | wc -l)
+    if [[ $UPGRADESALT -eq 1 ]] && [[ $NUM_MINIONS -gt 1 ]]; then
       if [[ $is_airgap -eq 0 ]]; then
         echo ""
         echo "Cleaning repos on remote Security Onion nodes."
@@ -959,8 +960,6 @@ main() {
       esac
     fi
 
-    NUM_MINIONS=$(ls /opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/minions/*_*.sls | wc -l)
-
     if [[ $NUM_MINIONS -gt 1 ]]; then
 
       cat << EOF