diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 24a8e1278..fc67a2157 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ update_version() {
 upgrade_check() {
     # Let's make sure we actually need to update.
     NEWVERSION=$(cat $UPDATE_DIR/VERSION)
-    if [ "$INSTALLEDVERSION" == "$NEWVERSION" ] &&  [ -z "$SOUP_BRANCH" ]; then
+    if [ "$INSTALLEDVERSION" == "$NEWVERSION" ]; then
       echo "You are already running the latest version of Security Onion."
       exit 0
     fi