diff --git a/puppet/services/neutron-api.yaml b/puppet/services/neutron-api.yaml
index 65fa0d8fed..e89509b2b8 100644
--- a/puppet/services/neutron-api.yaml
+++ b/puppet/services/neutron-api.yaml
@@ -198,6 +198,3 @@ outputs:
         - name: Stop neutron_api service
           tags: step2
           service: name=neutron-server state=stopped
-        - name: Sync neutron_api DB
-          tags: step5
-          command: neutron-db-manage --config-file /etc/neutron/neutron.conf --config-file /etc/neutron/plugin.ini upgrade head