diff --git a/src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp b/src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp
index f5414bafe..354a81846 100644
--- a/src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp
@@ -1103,16 +1103,7 @@ bool NodeDB::saveProto(const char *filename, size_t protoSize, const pb_msgdesc_
                        bool fullAtomic)
 {
     bool okay = false;
-#ifdef FSCom
-    bool removeFirst = false;
-#ifdef ARCH_NRF52
-    // On nrf52 we have to fully remove the device state file before writing it,
-    // because the filesystem seems to just append to the file otherwise.
-    if (filename == prefFileName) {
-        removeFirst = true;
-    }
-#endif
-    auto f = SafeFile(filename, fullAtomic, removeFirst);
+    auto f = SafeFile(filename, fullAtomic);
 
     LOG_INFO("Save %s", filename);
     pb_ostream_t stream = {&writecb, static_cast<Print *>(&f), protoSize};