diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
index be001f0d7..1a5e5df6c 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
@@ -154,13 +154,13 @@ check_salt_master_status() {
 
 check_salt_minion_status() {
 	local timeout="${1:-5}"
-	echo "Checking if the salt minion will respond to jobs" >> "$setup_log" 2>&1
+	echo "Checking if the salt minion will respond to jobs"
 	salt "$MINION_ID" test.ping -t $timeout > /dev/null 2>&1
 	local status=$?
 	if [ $status -gt 0 ]; then
-		echo "  Minion did not respond" >> "$setup_log" 2>&1
+		echo "  Minion did not respond"
 	else
-		echo "  Received job response from salt minion" >> "$setup_log" 2>&1
+		echo "  Received job response from salt minion"
 	fi
 
 	return $status