diff --git a/susemanager-utils/susemanager-sls/salt/channels/init.sls b/susemanager-utils/susemanager-sls/salt/channels/init.sls
index 16f081bf4391..aee8fb4a4fed 100644
--- a/susemanager-utils/susemanager-sls/salt/channels/init.sls
+++ b/susemanager-utils/susemanager-sls/salt/channels/init.sls
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ mgrchannels_repo:
 {%- endif %}
 {%- endif %}
 
-{%- if grains['os_family'] == 'Debian' and not apt_sources_deb822 %}
+{%- if apt_sources_deb822 %}
 mgrchannels_repo_remove_old_channels_list:
   file.absent:
     - name: "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/susemanager:channels.list"