diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index b6d19a241..178dac8bf 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -1004,6 +1004,8 @@ up_to_2.4.210() {
   # This state is used to deal with the breaking change introduced in 3006.17 - https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.17.html
   # This is the only way the state is called so we can use concurrent=True
   salt-call state.apply salt.master.add_minimum_auth_version --file-root=$UPDATE_DIR/salt --local concurrent=True
+  # Remove so-rule-update script left behind by the idstools removal in 2.4.200
+  rm -f /usr/sbin/so-rule-update
   INSTALLEDVERSION=2.4.210
 }
 
diff --git a/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml b/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml
index c9714d3ff..596ba4bd0 100644
--- a/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml
+++ b/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml
@@ -557,10 +557,11 @@ soc:
             global: True
             advanced: True
           customRulesets:
-            description: 'URLs and/or Local File configurations for Suricata custom rulesets. Refer to the linked documentation for important specification and file placement information'
+            description: 'This setting is no longer used. Use Ruleset Sources setting instead.'
             global: True
             advanced: True
             forcedType: "[]{}"
+            readonly: True
             helpLink: suricata.html
           ignoredSidRanges:
             description: 'List of Suricata SID ranges to ignore during the Integrity Check. This is useful for ignoring specific rules not governed by the UI. Each line should contain 1 range in the format "1100000-1200000". The ranges are treated as inclusive.'
diff --git a/setup/so-setup b/setup/so-setup
index 1fa078b78..dbb06a3f7 100755
--- a/setup/so-setup
+++ b/setup/so-setup
@@ -799,14 +799,6 @@ if ! [[ -f $install_opt_file ]]; then
 		logCmd "salt-call state.apply influxdb -l info"
 		logCmd "salt-call state.highstate -l info"
 		logCmd "salt-call schedule.disable -linfo --local"
-		if [[ ! $is_airgap ]]; then
-			title "Downloading IDS Rules"
-			logCmd "so-rule-update"
-			if [[ $monints || $is_import ]]; then
-				title "Applying the Suricata state to load the new rules"
-				logCmd "salt-call state.apply suricata -l info"
-			fi
-		fi
 		if [[ $is_airgap ]]; then
 			title "Syncing AI-Generated Detection Summaries"
 			airgap_detection_summaries