diff --git a/deployment/nova/nova-consoleauth-container-puppet.yaml b/deployment/nova/nova-consoleauth-container-puppet.yaml
index 985c8bf3dd..61d53e1ea5 100644
--- a/deployment/nova/nova-consoleauth-container-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/nova/nova-consoleauth-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -157,9 +157,6 @@ outputs:
                 persistent: yes
                 state: yes
       upgrade_tasks:
-        - name: Stop nova_consoleauth service
-          when: step|int == 1
-          service: name=openstack-nova-consoleauth state=stopped
         - when: step|int == 3
           block:
             - name: Set fact for removal of openstack-nova-console package
diff --git a/deployment/nova/nova-ironic-container-puppet.yaml b/deployment/nova/nova-ironic-container-puppet.yaml
index 77fbb6a426..ddb85635a4 100644
--- a/deployment/nova/nova-ironic-container-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/nova/nova-ironic-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -199,9 +199,6 @@ outputs:
             persistent: yes
             state: yes
       upgrade_tasks:
-        - name: Stop openstack-nova-compute service
-          when: step|int == 1
-          service: name=openstack-nova-compute state=stopped enabled=no
         - when: step|int == 3
           block:
             - name: Set fact for removal of openstack-nova-compute package
diff --git a/deployment/nova/nova-vnc-proxy-container-puppet.yaml b/deployment/nova/nova-vnc-proxy-container-puppet.yaml
index 2c126de84c..c45eb0f6c6 100644
--- a/deployment/nova/nova-vnc-proxy-container-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/nova/nova-vnc-proxy-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -282,9 +282,6 @@ outputs:
           - null
       host_prep_tasks: {get_attr: [NovaLogging, host_prep_tasks]}
       upgrade_tasks:
-        - name: Stop nova_vnc_proxy service
-          when: step|int == 1
-          service: name=openstack-nova-consoleauth state=stopped
         - when: step|int == 3
           block:
             - name: Set fact for removal of openstack-nova-novncproxy package