diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index edd7aec85f..14d914df80 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -438,9 +438,9 @@ post_to_2.4.60() {
 }
 
 post_to_2.4.70() {
-  echo "Removing idh.services from IDH node pillar files"
-  for file in /opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/minions/*_idh.sls; do
-    if [[ ! $file =~ "/opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/minions/adv_" ]]; then
+  echo "Removing idh.services from any existing IDH node pillar files"
+  for file in /opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/minions/*.sls; do
+    if [[ $file =~ "_idh.sls" && ! $file =~ "/opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/minions/adv_" ]]; then
       echo "Removing idh.services from: $file"
       so-yaml.py remove "$file" idh.services
     fi