diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index ed8ab1dfe..2346e414b 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -464,9 +464,6 @@ post_to_2.4.30() {
   POSTVERSION=2.4.30
 }
 
-post_to_2.4.40() {
-}
-
 repo_sync() {
   echo "Sync the local repo."
   su socore -c '/usr/sbin/so-repo-sync' || fail "Unable to complete so-repo-sync."