diff --git a/src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp b/src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp
index 212b0dc33..a20acfda0 100644
--- a/src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp
@@ -474,9 +474,6 @@ bool NodeDB::factoryReset(bool eraseBleBonds)
     if (FSCom.exists("/static/rangetest.csv") && !FSCom.remove("/static/rangetest.csv")) {
         LOG_ERROR("Could not remove rangetest.csv file");
     }
-    if (FSCom.exists("/prefs/ringtone.proto") && !FSCom.remove("/prefs/ringtone.proto")) {
-        LOG_ERROR("Could not remove ringtone.proto file");
-    }
 #endif
     spiLock->unlock();
     // second, install default state (this will deal with the duplicate mac address issue)