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 33f4847ed1..3833f3574e 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-connection.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-connection.c
@@ -336,35 +336,12 @@ commit_changes (NMSettingsConnection *connection,
                 gpointer user_data)
 {
 	GError *error = NULL;
-	NMConnection *reread;
-	gboolean same = FALSE, success = FALSE;
+	gboolean success = FALSE;
 	char *ifcfg_path = NULL;
 	const char *filename;
 
-	/* To ensure we don't rewrite files that are only changed from other
-	 * processes on-disk, read the existing connection back in and only rewrite
-	 * it if it's really changed.
-	 */
 	filename = nm_settings_connection_get_filename (connection);
 	if (filename) {
-		gs_free char *unhandled = NULL;
-
-		reread = connection_from_file (filename, &unhandled, NULL, NULL);
-		if (reread) {
-			same = nm_connection_compare (NM_CONNECTION (connection),
-			                              reread,
-			                              NM_SETTING_COMPARE_FLAG_IGNORE_AGENT_OWNED_SECRETS |
-			                                 NM_SETTING_COMPARE_FLAG_IGNORE_NOT_SAVED_SECRETS);
-			g_object_unref (reread);
-
-			/* Don't bother writing anything out if in-memory and on-disk data are the same */
-			if (same) {
-				/* But chain up to parent to handle success - emits updated signal */
-				NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_CLASS (nm_ifcfg_connection_parent_class)->commit_changes (connection, commit_reason, callback, user_data);
-				return;
-			}
-		}
-
 		success = writer_update_connection (NM_CONNECTION (connection),
 		                                    IFCFG_DIR,
 		                                    filename,