diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 0fc4f75d8..e66d15a56 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ verify_latest_update_script() {
     cp $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common $DEFAULT_SALT_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/
     cp $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-image-common $DEFAULT_SALT_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/
     cp $UPDATE_DIR/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-firewall $DEFAULT_SALT_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/
-    salt-call state.apply common.soup_scripts queue=True -linfo --file-root=$UPDATE_DIR/salt --local
+    salt-call state.apply common.soup_scripts queue=True -linfo
     echo ""
     echo "The soup script has been modified. Please run soup again to continue the upgrade."
     exit 0