diff --git a/server/core/config.cc b/server/core/config.cc
index d3d395a08..adbf12f1a 100644
--- a/server/core/config.cc
+++ b/server/core/config.cc
@@ -4954,36 +4954,6 @@ MXS_CONFIG_PARAMETER* ParamList::params()
 }
 }
 
-void dump_if_changed(const MXS_MODULE_PARAM* params,
-                     int file,
-                     const std::string& key,
-                     const std::string& value)
-{
-    for (int i = 0; params[i].name; i++)
-    {
-        if (params[i].name == key)
-        {
-            /**
-             * This detects only exact matches, not ones that are logically equivalent
-             * but lexicographically different e.g. 1 and true. This might not
-             * be a bad thing: it'll distinct user defined values from defaults.
-             */
-
-            if (!params[i].default_value || value != params[i].default_value)
-            {
-                if (dprintf(file, "%s=%s\n", key.c_str(), value.c_str()) == -1)
-                {
-                    MXS_ERROR("Failed to serialize service value: %d, %s",
-                              errno,
-                              mxs_strerror(errno));
-                }
-            }
-
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 void dump_param_list(int file,
                      MXS_CONFIG_PARAMETER* list,
                      const std::unordered_set<std::string>& ignored,
@@ -4994,8 +4964,10 @@ void dump_param_list(int file,
     {
         if (ignored.count(p->name) == 0 && *p->value)
         {
-            dump_if_changed(common_params, file, p->name, p->value);
-            dump_if_changed(module_params, file, p->name, p->value);
+            if (dprintf(file, "%s=%s\n", p->name, p->value) == -1)
+            {
+                MXS_ERROR("Failed to serialize service value: %d, %s", errno, mxs_strerror(errno));
+            }
         }
     }
 }