diff --git a/files/dhcp/graphserviceurl b/files/dhcp/graphserviceurl
index 5c5d801cbc..f255cdff98 100644
--- a/files/dhcp/graphserviceurl
+++ b/files/dhcp/graphserviceurl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ case $reason in
         if [ -n "$new_minigraph_url" ]; then
             echo $new_minigraph_url > /tmp/dhcp_graph_url
         else
-            echo "default" > /tmp/dhcp_graph_url
+            echo "N/A" > /tmp/dhcp_graph_url
         fi
         if [ -n "$new_acl_url" ]; then
             echo $new_acl_url > /tmp/dhcp_acl_url
diff --git a/files/image_config/updategraph/updategraph b/files/image_config/updategraph/updategraph
index 88de38d306..3743e18bde 100755
--- a/files/image_config/updategraph/updategraph
+++ b/files/image_config/updategraph/updategraph
@@ -82,16 +82,8 @@ if [ "$src" = "dhcp" ]; then
         sleep 1
     done
 
-    if [ "`cat /tmp/dhcp_graph_url`" = "default" ]; then
-        echo "No graph_url option in DHCP response. Skipping graph update and using existing minigraph."
-        if [ "$dhcp_as_static" = "true" ]; then
-            sed -i "/enabled=/d" /etc/sonic/updategraph.conf
-            echo "enabled=false" >> /etc/sonic/updategraph.conf
-        fi
-        exit 0
-    fi
     if [ "`cat /tmp/dhcp_graph_url`" = "N/A" ]; then
-        echo "'N/A' found in DHCP response. Skipping graph update and generating an empty configuration."
+        echo "No graph_url option in DHCP response. Skipping graph update and generating an empty configuration."
         PLATFORM=`sonic-cfggen -H -v DEVICE_METADATA.localhost.platform`
         if [ -f /etc/sonic/minigraph.xml ]; then
             sonic-cfggen -H -m /etc/sonic/minigraph.xml --preset empty > /tmp/device_meta.json