diff --git a/ceph-mon/templates/bin/mon/_start.sh.tpl b/ceph-mon/templates/bin/mon/_start.sh.tpl
index 1340d6bc22..c2624d71f3 100644
--- a/ceph-mon/templates/bin/mon/_start.sh.tpl
+++ b/ceph-mon/templates/bin/mon/_start.sh.tpl
@@ -63,15 +63,6 @@ function get_mon_config {
       exit 1
   fi
 
-  # if monmap exists and the mon is already there, don't overwrite monmap
-  if [ -f "${MONMAP}" ]; then
-      monmaptool --print "${MONMAP}" |grep -q "${MON_IP// }"":${MON_PORT}"
-      if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-          echo "${MON_IP} already exists in monmap ${MONMAP}"
-          return
-      fi
-  fi
-
   # Create a monmap with the Pod Names and IP
   monmaptool --create ${MONMAP_ADD} --fsid ${fsid} ${MONMAP} --clobber
 }