diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 6e689b4b1..42c7b43bf 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -480,6 +480,8 @@ post_to_2.3.100() {
 
 post_to_2.3.110() {
   echo "Post Processing for 2.3.110"
+  echo "Removing old Elasticsearch index templates"
+  [ -d /opt/so/saltstack/default/salt/elasticsearch/templates/so ] && rm -rf /opt/so/saltstack/default/salt/elasticsearch/templates/so
   echo "Updating Kibana dashboards"
   salt-call state.apply kibana.so_savedobjects_defaults queue=True
   POSTVERSION=2.3.110