diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index f9ac6de2b..a87279a0c 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -583,9 +583,6 @@ if [[ "$FLEET_MANAGER" == "True" || "$FLEET_NODE" == "True" ]]; then
   echo ""
 fi
 
-echo ""
-echo "Applying common state for any package updates."
-salt-call -l info state.apply common queue=True
 echo ""
 echo "Running a highstate to complete the Security Onion upgrade on this manager. This could take several minutes."
 salt-call state.highstate -l info queue=True