diff --git a/src/systemcmds/param/param.c b/src/systemcmds/param/param.c
index 75065121f2..b3203c6cc8 100644
--- a/src/systemcmds/param/param.c
+++ b/src/systemcmds/param/param.c
@@ -566,15 +566,7 @@ do_set(const char *name, const char *val, bool fail_on_not_found)
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	int ret = param_save_default();
-
-	if (ret) {
-		PX4_ERR("Param save failed (%i)", ret);
-		return 1;
-
-	} else {
-		return 0;
-	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -662,13 +654,6 @@ do_reset(const char *excludes[], int num_excludes)
 		param_reset_all();
 	}
 
-	int ret = param_save_default();
-
-	if (ret) {
-		PX4_ERR("Param save failed (%i)", ret);
-		return 1;
-	}
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -691,13 +676,5 @@ do_reset_nostart(const char *excludes[], int num_excludes)
 	(void)param_set(param_find("SYS_AUTOSTART"), &autostart);
 	(void)param_set(param_find("SYS_AUTOCONFIG"), &autoconfig);
 
-	int ret = param_save_default();
-
-	if (ret) {
-		PX4_ERR("Param save failed (%i)", ret);
-		return 1;
-
-	}
-
 	return 0;
 }