diff --git a/includes/definitions/ios.yaml b/includes/definitions/ios.yaml
index 812f1c884a..ca5398a87e 100644
--- a/includes/definitions/ios.yaml
+++ b/includes/definitions/ios.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@ over:
     - { graph: device_processor, text: 'CPU Usage' }
     - { graph: device_mempool, text: 'Memory Usage' }
 icon: cisco
+discovery:
+    -
+      sysDescr:
+          - 'Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software'
+          - 'IOS (tm)'
+          - 'Cisco IOS Software'
+          - 'Global Site Selector'
+      sysDescr_except:
+          - 'LINUX_IOSD'
+          - 'IOS-XE'
 bad_ifXEntry:
     - cisco1941
     - cisco886Va
diff --git a/includes/discovery/os/ios.inc.php b/includes/discovery/os/ios.inc.php
deleted file mode 100644
index bdbf51f0bc..0000000000
--- a/includes/discovery/os/ios.inc.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-if (str_contains($sysDescr, array('Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software', 'IOS (tm)', 'Cisco IOS Software', 'Global Site Selector')) && !str_contains($sysDescr, array('IOS-XE', 'X86_64_LINUX_IOSD'))) {
-    $os = 'ios';
-}
diff --git a/tests/OSDiscoveryTest.php b/tests/OSDiscoveryTest.php
index 32ef5880aa..f28d8358d9 100644
--- a/tests/OSDiscoveryTest.php
+++ b/tests/OSDiscoveryTest.php
@@ -952,6 +952,7 @@ class DiscoveryTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
     {
         $this->checkOS('iosxe');
         $this->checkOS('iosxe', 'iosxe-asr1000');
+        $this->checkOS('iosxe', 'iosxe-c4500');
     }
 
     public function testIosxr()
diff --git a/tests/snmpsim/iosxe-c4500.snmprec b/tests/snmpsim/iosxe-c4500.snmprec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3aaed15d5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/snmpsim/iosxe-c4500.snmprec
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0|4x|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
+1.3.6.1.2.1.1.2.0|6|1.3.6.1.4.1.9.1.1287