diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 7123a36e5..5168918d2 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -536,7 +536,6 @@ up_to_2.4.30() {
   . $UPDATE_DIR/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin/so-elastic-fleet-common
 
   elastic_fleet_integration_remove endpoints-initial elastic-defend-endpoints
-  /usr/sbin/so-elastic-fleet-integration-policy-elastic-defend
 
   # Elastic Update for this release, so download Elastic Agent files
   determine_elastic_agent_upgrade