diff --git a/platform/mellanox/docker-syncd-mlnx/start.sh b/platform/mellanox/docker-syncd-mlnx/start.sh
index 0ad00c6fc252..623316050475 100755
--- a/platform/mellanox/docker-syncd-mlnx/start.sh
+++ b/platform/mellanox/docker-syncd-mlnx/start.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,4 @@ rm -f /var/run/rsyslogd.pid
 
 supervisorctl start rsyslogd
 
-# mlnx-fw-upgrade.sh will exit if firmware was actually upgraded
-# or if some error occurs
-. mlnx-fw-upgrade.sh
-
 supervisorctl start syncd