diff --git a/src/NetworkManagerUtils.c b/src/NetworkManagerUtils.c
index 89bd357f07..596c5bb362 100644
--- a/src/NetworkManagerUtils.c
+++ b/src/NetworkManagerUtils.c
@@ -773,10 +773,6 @@ check_possible_match (NMConnection *orig,
  * @connections: a (optionally pre-sorted) list of connections from which to
  * find a matching connection to @original based on "inferrable" properties
  * @original: the #NMConnection to find a match for from @connections
- * @indicated: whether the match is already hinted/indicated. That is the
- *   case when we found the connection in the state file from a previous run.
- *   In this case, we perform a relexed check, as we have a good hint
- *   that the connection actually matches.
  * @device_has_carrier: pass %TRUE if the device that generated @original has
  * a carrier, %FALSE if not
  * @match_filter_func: a function to check whether each connection from @connections
@@ -796,7 +792,6 @@ check_possible_match (NMConnection *orig,
 NMConnection *
 nm_utils_match_connection (NMConnection *const*connections,
                            NMConnection *original,
-                           gboolean indicated,
                            gboolean device_has_carrier,
                            gint64 default_v4_metric,
                            gint64 default_v6_metric,
@@ -817,24 +812,7 @@ nm_utils_match_connection (NMConnection *const*connections,
 				continue;
 		}
 
-		if (indicated) {
-			NMSettingConnection *s_orig, *s_cand;
-
-			s_orig = nm_connection_get_setting_connection (original);
-			s_cand = nm_connection_get_setting_connection (candidate);
-
-			/* It is indicated that this connection matches. Assume we have
-			 * a match, but check for particular differences that let us
-			 * reject the candidate. */
-			if (!nm_streq0 (nm_setting_connection_get_connection_type (s_orig),
-			                nm_setting_connection_get_connection_type (s_cand)))
-				continue;
-			if (!nm_streq0 (nm_setting_connection_get_slave_type (s_orig),
-			                nm_setting_connection_get_slave_type (s_cand)))
-				continue;
-
-			/* this is good enough for a match */
-		} else if (!nm_connection_diff (original, candidate, NM_SETTING_COMPARE_FLAG_INFERRABLE, &diffs)) {
+		if (!nm_connection_diff (original, candidate, NM_SETTING_COMPARE_FLAG_INFERRABLE, &diffs)) {
 			if (!best_match) {
 				best_match = check_possible_match (original, candidate, diffs, device_has_carrier,
 				                                   default_v4_metric, default_v6_metric);
diff --git a/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h b/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h
index e5f28b2729..c20f2439d4 100644
--- a/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h
+++ b/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ typedef gboolean (NMUtilsMatchFilterFunc) (NMConnection *connection, gpointer us
 
 NMConnection *nm_utils_match_connection (NMConnection *const*connections,
                                          NMConnection *original,
-                                         gboolean indicated,
                                          gboolean device_has_carrier,
                                          gint64 default_v4_metric,
                                          gint64 default_v6_metric,
diff --git a/src/nm-manager.c b/src/nm-manager.c
index 73f7921565..8ced0b6778 100644
--- a/src/nm-manager.c
+++ b/src/nm-manager.c
@@ -2197,7 +2197,6 @@ get_existing_connection (NMManager *self,
 
 			matched = NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION (nm_utils_match_connection ((NMConnection *const*) connections,
 			                                                             connection,
-			                                                             FALSE,
 			                                                             nm_device_has_carrier (device),
 			                                                             nm_device_get_route_metric (device, AF_INET),
 			                                                             nm_device_get_route_metric (device, AF_INET6),
diff --git a/src/tests/test-general.c b/src/tests/test-general.c
index bfa2ea7391..d36a26ef4a 100644
--- a/src/tests/test-general.c
+++ b/src/tests/test-general.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ _match_connection (GSList *connections,
 	}
 	list[i] = NULL;
 
-	return nm_utils_match_connection (list, original, FALSE, device_has_carrier, default_v4_metric, default_v6_metric, NULL, NULL);
+	return nm_utils_match_connection (list, original, device_has_carrier, default_v4_metric, default_v6_metric, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
 static void