diff --git a/jenkins_jobs/builder.py b/jenkins_jobs/builder.py
index af09cb9b4..a48833e88 100644
--- a/jenkins_jobs/builder.py
+++ b/jenkins_jobs/builder.py
@@ -350,18 +350,9 @@ class JenkinsManager(object):
 
     @concurrent
     def parallel_update_job(self, job):
-        self.fix_disabled(job)
         self.update_job(job.name, job.output().decode("utf-8"))
         return (job.name, job.md5())
 
-    def fix_disabled(self, job):
-        el = job.xml.find("./disabled")
-        if el is not None:
-            return
-        info = self.jenkins.get_job_info(job.name)
-        disabled = info["disabled"]
-        XML.SubElement(job.xml, "disabled").text = str(disabled).lower()
-
     ################
     # View related #
     ################
diff --git a/tests/cmd/subcommands/test_update.py b/tests/cmd/subcommands/test_update.py
index 1dc116c61..83aa21f11 100644
--- a/tests/cmd/subcommands/test_update.py
+++ b/tests/cmd/subcommands/test_update.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ def test_update_jobs(mocker, fixtures_dir, default_config_file, execute_jenkins_
     """
     mocker.patch("jenkins_jobs.builder.jenkins.Jenkins.job_exists")
     mocker.patch("jenkins_jobs.builder.jenkins.Jenkins.get_all_jobs")
-    mocker.patch("jenkins_jobs.builder.JenkinsManager.fix_disabled")
     reconfig_job = mocker.patch("jenkins_jobs.builder.jenkins.Jenkins.reconfig_job")
 
     path = fixtures_dir / "cmd-002.yaml"
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ def test_update_jobs_enabled_only(
     """
     mocker.patch("jenkins_jobs.builder.jenkins.Jenkins.job_exists")
     mocker.patch("jenkins_jobs.builder.jenkins.Jenkins.get_all_jobs")
-    mocker.patch("jenkins_jobs.builder.JenkinsManager.fix_disabled")
     reconfig_job = mocker.patch("jenkins_jobs.builder.jenkins.Jenkins.reconfig_job")
 
     path = fixtures_dir / "cmd-002.yaml"
@@ -79,7 +77,6 @@ def test_update_jobs_decode_job_output(
     mocker.patch("jenkins_jobs.builder.JenkinsManager.is_job", return_value=True)
     mocker.patch("jenkins_jobs.builder.JenkinsManager.get_jobs")
     mocker.patch("jenkins_jobs.builder.JenkinsManager.get_job_md5")
-    mocker.patch("jenkins_jobs.builder.JenkinsManager.fix_disabled")
     update_job_mock = mocker.patch("jenkins_jobs.builder.JenkinsManager.update_job")
 
     # don't care about the value returned here
@@ -107,7 +104,6 @@ def test_update_jobs_and_delete_old(
       True.
     """
     mocker.patch("jenkins_jobs.builder.jenkins.Jenkins.job_exists")
-    mocker.patch("jenkins_jobs.builder.JenkinsManager.fix_disabled")
     jenkins_get_all_jobs = mocker.patch(
         "jenkins_jobs.builder.jenkins.Jenkins.get_all_jobs"
     )
@@ -245,7 +241,6 @@ def test_update_jobs_and_views(
     """
     mocker.patch("jenkins_jobs.builder.jenkins.Jenkins.job_exists")
     mocker.patch("jenkins_jobs.builder.jenkins.Jenkins.get_all_jobs")
-    mocker.patch("jenkins_jobs.builder.JenkinsManager.fix_disabled")
     reconfig_job = mocker.patch("jenkins_jobs.builder.jenkins.Jenkins.reconfig_job")
 
     mocker.patch("jenkins_jobs.builder.jenkins.Jenkins.view_exists")
@@ -282,7 +277,6 @@ def test_update_jobs_only(
     """
     mocker.patch("jenkins_jobs.builder.jenkins.Jenkins.job_exists")
     mocker.patch("jenkins_jobs.builder.jenkins.Jenkins.get_all_jobs")
-    mocker.patch("jenkins_jobs.builder.JenkinsManager.fix_disabled")
     reconfig_job = mocker.patch("jenkins_jobs.builder.jenkins.Jenkins.reconfig_job")
 
     mocker.patch("jenkins_jobs.builder.jenkins.Jenkins.view_exists")
@@ -371,7 +365,6 @@ def test_update_views_and_delete_old_jobs_only(
     No views should be deleted or updated.
     """
     mocker.patch("jenkins_jobs.builder.jenkins.Jenkins.job_exists")
-    mocker.patch("jenkins_jobs.builder.JenkinsManager.fix_disabled")
     jenkins_get_all_jobs = mocker.patch(
         "jenkins_jobs.builder.jenkins.Jenkins.get_all_jobs"
     )