diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 228f4a39d..9af10175c 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -398,8 +398,6 @@ echo "Making pillar changes."
 pillar_changes
 echo ""
 
-echo "Cleaning up old dockers."
-clean_dockers
 echo ""
 echo "Updating dockers to $NEWVERSION."
 update_dockers