diff --git a/src/pybind/mgr/cephadm/services/iscsi.py b/src/pybind/mgr/cephadm/services/iscsi.py
index a36ad3bca16..3dd367b1528 100644
--- a/src/pybind/mgr/cephadm/services/iscsi.py
+++ b/src/pybind/mgr/cephadm/services/iscsi.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from ipaddress import ip_address, IPv6Address
 from mgr_module import HandleCommandResult
 from ceph.deployment.service_spec import IscsiServiceSpec
 
-from orchestrator import DaemonDescription, DaemonDescriptionStatus, OrchestratorError
+from orchestrator import DaemonDescription, DaemonDescriptionStatus
 from .cephadmservice import CephadmDaemonDeploySpec, CephService
 from .. import utils
 
@@ -150,18 +150,7 @@ class IscsiService(CephService):
         """
         logger.debug(f'Post remove daemon {self.TYPE}.{daemon.daemon_id}')
 
-        ret, out, err = self.mgr.check_mon_command({
-            'prefix': 'mgr module ls',
-            'format': 'json',
-        })
-        try:
-            j = json.loads(out)
-        except ValueError:
-            msg = 'Failed to parse mgr module ls: Cannot decode JSON'
-            logger.exception('%s: \'%s\'' % (msg, out))
-            raise OrchestratorError('failed to parse mgr module ls')
-
-        if 'dashboard' in j['enabled_modules']:
+        if 'dashboard' in self.mgr.get('mgr_map')['modules']:
             # remove config for dashboard iscsi gateways
             ret, out, err = self.mgr.check_mon_command({
                 'prefix': 'dashboard iscsi-gateway-rm',
diff --git a/src/pybind/mgr/cephadm/tests/test_cephadm.py b/src/pybind/mgr/cephadm/tests/test_cephadm.py
index 2daf2ee0798..b80500b108b 100644
--- a/src/pybind/mgr/cephadm/tests/test_cephadm.py
+++ b/src/pybind/mgr/cephadm/tests/test_cephadm.py
@@ -891,8 +891,6 @@ spec:
                 placement=ps)
             unmanaged_spec = ServiceSpec.from_json(spec.to_json())
             unmanaged_spec.unmanaged = True
-            cephadm_module._mon_command_mock_mgr_module_ls = lambda *args: json.dumps({
-                                                                                      'enabled_modules': []})
             with with_service(cephadm_module, unmanaged_spec):
 
                 c = cephadm_module.add_daemon(spec)
@@ -1026,8 +1024,6 @@ spec:
     @mock.patch("subprocess.run", mock.MagicMock())
     def test_apply_save(self, spec: ServiceSpec, meth, cephadm_module: CephadmOrchestrator):
         with with_host(cephadm_module, 'test'):
-            cephadm_module._mon_command_mock_mgr_module_ls = lambda *args: json.dumps({
-                                                                                      'enabled_modules': []})
             with with_service(cephadm_module, spec, meth, 'test'):
                 pass