diff --git a/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_messages.cpp b/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_messages.cpp
index 0ca2238140..ffcb07291d 100644
--- a/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_messages.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_messages.cpp
@@ -3533,23 +3533,6 @@ protected:
 			msg.rssi = (rc.channel_count > 0) ? rc.rssi : 0;
 
 			mavlink_msg_rc_channels_send_struct(_mavlink->get_channel(), &msg);
-
-			/* send override message - harmless if connected to GCS, allows to connect a board to a Linux system */
-			/* http://mavlink.org/messages/common#RC_CHANNELS_OVERRIDE */
-			mavlink_rc_channels_override_t over = {};
-			over.target_system = mavlink_system.sysid;
-			over.target_component = 0;
-			over.chan1_raw = msg.chan1_raw;
-			over.chan2_raw = msg.chan2_raw;
-			over.chan3_raw = msg.chan3_raw;
-			over.chan4_raw = msg.chan4_raw;
-			over.chan5_raw = msg.chan5_raw;
-			over.chan6_raw = msg.chan6_raw;
-			over.chan7_raw = msg.chan7_raw;
-			over.chan8_raw = msg.chan8_raw;
-
-			mavlink_msg_rc_channels_override_send_struct(_mavlink->get_channel(), &over);
-
 			return true;
 		}