diff --git a/src/slurmctld/step_mgr.c b/src/slurmctld/step_mgr.c
index 9a54b05d4ed255454d0a4e83969e6c946891a22e..1bcfd51773495db7aebb1d7d9455d41bb8c8b970 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/step_mgr.c
+++ b/src/slurmctld/step_mgr.c
@@ -369,10 +369,8 @@ int job_step_signal(uint32_t job_id, uint32_t step_id,
 	struct step_record *step_ptr, step_rec;
 	int rc = SLURM_SUCCESS;
 	static bool notify_slurmd = true;
-#if defined HAVE_BG_FILES && !defined HAVE_BG_L_P
-	static int notify_srun = 1;
-#else
 	static int notify_srun = -1;
+
 	if (notify_srun == -1) {
 		char *launch_type = slurm_get_launch_type();
 		/* do this for all but slurm (poe, aprun, etc...) */
@@ -383,7 +381,6 @@ int job_step_signal(uint32_t job_id, uint32_t step_id,
 			notify_srun = 0;
 		xfree(launch_type);
 	}
-#endif
 
 	job_ptr = find_job_record(job_id);
 	if (job_ptr == NULL) {