diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-connection.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-connection.c
index 3877bb7305..ea8f337661 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-connection.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-connection.c
@@ -335,7 +335,6 @@ commit_changes (NMSettingsConnection *connection,
                 NMSettingsConnectionCommitFunc callback,
                 gpointer user_data)
 {
-	NMIfcfgConnectionPrivate *priv = NM_IFCFG_CONNECTION_GET_PRIVATE ((NMIfcfgConnection *) connection);
 	GError *error = NULL;
 	NMConnection *reread;
 	gboolean same = FALSE, success = FALSE;
@@ -369,7 +368,6 @@ commit_changes (NMSettingsConnection *connection,
 		success = writer_update_connection (NM_CONNECTION (connection),
 		                                    IFCFG_DIR,
 		                                    filename,
-		                                    priv->keyfile,
 		                                    &error);
 	} else {
 		success = writer_new_connection (NM_CONNECTION (connection),
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-writer.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-writer.c
index f098f1295e..d456f1a2a6 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-writer.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-writer.c
@@ -2700,7 +2700,6 @@ static gboolean
 write_connection (NMConnection *connection,
                   const char *ifcfg_dir,
                   const char *filename,
-                  const char *keyfile,
                   char **out_filename,
                   GError **error)
 {
@@ -2884,14 +2883,13 @@ writer_new_connection (NMConnection *connection,
                        char **out_filename,
                        GError **error)
 {
-	return write_connection (connection, ifcfg_dir, NULL, NULL, out_filename, error);
+	return write_connection (connection, ifcfg_dir, NULL, out_filename, error);
 }
 
 gboolean
 writer_update_connection (NMConnection *connection,
                           const char *ifcfg_dir,
                           const char *filename,
-                          const char *keyfile,
                           GError **error)
 {
 	if (utils_has_complex_routes (filename)) {
@@ -2900,6 +2898,6 @@ writer_update_connection (NMConnection *connection,
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 
-	return write_connection (connection, ifcfg_dir, filename, keyfile, NULL, error);
+	return write_connection (connection, ifcfg_dir, filename, NULL, error);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-writer.h b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-writer.h
index 97a9f25252..2662f79b06 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-writer.h
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-writer.h
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ gboolean writer_new_connection (NMConnection *connection,
 gboolean writer_update_connection (NMConnection *connection,
                                    const char *ifcfg_dir,
                                    const char *filename,
-                                   const char *keyfile,
                                    GError **error);
 
 #endif /* _WRITER_H_ */
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/test-ifcfg-rh.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/test-ifcfg-rh.c
index 0e7140e629..e5a0e9d992 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/test-ifcfg-rh.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/test-ifcfg-rh.c
@@ -1780,7 +1780,6 @@ test_clear_master (void)
 	success = writer_update_connection (connection,
 	                                    TEST_SCRATCH_DIR "/network-scripts/",
 	                                    testfile,
-	                                    NULL,
 	                                    &error);
 	nmtst_assert_success (success, error);
 	keyfile = utils_get_keys_path (testfile);
@@ -6244,7 +6243,6 @@ test_write_wifi_wpa_then_open (void)
 	success = writer_update_connection (connection,
 	                                    TEST_SCRATCH_DIR "/network-scripts/",
 	                                    testfile,
-	                                    keyfile,
 	                                    &error);
 	g_assert_no_error (error);
 	g_assert (success);
@@ -6392,7 +6390,6 @@ test_write_wifi_wpa_then_wep_with_perms (void)
 	success = writer_update_connection (connection,
 	                                    TEST_SCRATCH_DIR "/network-scripts/",
 	                                    testfile,
-	                                    keyfile,
 	                                    &error);
 	g_assert_no_error (error);
 	g_assert (success);