diff --git a/grubby-bls b/grubby-bls
index 5b428a0..74dbe5b 100755
--- a/grubby-bls
+++ b/grubby-bls
@@ -521,10 +521,6 @@ update_bls_fragment() {
             if [[ $param != "ALL" || "$(has_kernelopts "$i")" = "false" ]]; then
                 set_bls_value "${bls_file[$i]}" "options" "${new_args}"
             fi
-
-            if [[ $bootloader = grub2 && "$(has_kernelopts "$i")" = "false" && $opts = $new_args ]]; then
-                set_bls_value "${bls_file[$i]}" "options" "\$kernelopts"
-            fi
 	fi
 
 	if [[ -n $initrd ]]; then
diff --git a/grubby.spec b/grubby.spec
index 4d9aedf..bc3e307 100644
--- a/grubby.spec
+++ b/grubby.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: grubby
 Version: 8.40
-Release: 44%{?dist}
+Release: 45%{?dist}
 Summary: Command line tool for updating bootloader configs
 License: GPLv2+
 URL: https://github.com/rhinstaller/grubby
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ current boot environment.
  %{_mandir}/man8/*.8*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed May 13 2020 Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com> - 8.40-45
+- grubby-bls: don't replace options with kernelopts if values are the same
+
 * Wed May 06 2020 Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com> - 8.40-44
 - Fix installed man page file mode bits