diff --git a/container/container_unix.go b/container/container_unix.go
index deab000b86..0cd9312be3 100644
--- a/container/container_unix.go
+++ b/container/container_unix.go
@@ -332,11 +332,6 @@ func (container *Container) UpdateContainer(hostConfig *containertypes.HostConfi
 		container.HostConfig.RestartPolicy = hostConfig.RestartPolicy
 	}
 
-	if err := container.ToDisk(); err != nil {
-		logrus.Errorf("Error saving updated container: %v", err)
-		return err
-	}
-
 	return nil
 }