diff --git a/src/platforms/posix/px4_layer/px4_posix_impl.cpp b/src/platforms/posix/px4_layer/px4_posix_impl.cpp
index 51e286e1dd..074afc1f41 100644
--- a/src/platforms/posix/px4_layer/px4_posix_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/platforms/posix/px4_layer/px4_posix_impl.cpp
@@ -62,12 +62,6 @@ long PX4_TICKS_PER_SEC = sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK);
 extern void init_params(void);
 #endif
 
-#ifdef ENABLE_SHMEM
-extern void init_own_params(void);
-extern unsigned int init_other_params(void);
-extern unsigned int param_sync_done;
-#endif
-
 __END_DECLS
 
 namespace px4
@@ -84,9 +78,8 @@ void init_once(void)
 	hrt_init();
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_SHMEM
-	PX4_INFO("Starting shared memory param sync\n");
-	init_own_params();
-	param_sync_done = init_other_params();
+	PX4_INFO("Syncing params to shared memory\n");
+	init_params();
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/src/platforms/qurt/px4_layer/px4_qurt_impl.cpp b/src/platforms/qurt/px4_layer/px4_qurt_impl.cpp
index abbfab1865..1ffc685182 100644
--- a/src/platforms/qurt/px4_layer/px4_qurt_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/platforms/qurt/px4_layer/px4_qurt_impl.cpp
@@ -71,9 +71,7 @@ unsigned int sleep(unsigned int sec)
 }
 
 extern void hrt_init(void);
-extern void init_own_params();
-extern unsigned int init_other_params();
-extern unsigned int param_sync_done;
+extern void init_params();
 
 #if 0
 void qurt_log(const char *fmt, ...)
@@ -112,9 +110,8 @@ void init_once(void)
 	hrt_init();
 	PX4_WARN("after calling hrt_init");
 
-	/*Shared memory param sync*/
-	init_own_params();
-	param_sync_done = init_other_params();
+	/* Shared memory param sync*/
+	init_params();
 }
 
 void init(int argc, char *argv[], const char *app_name)