diff --git a/phase2-cli/src/combine.rs b/phase2-cli/src/combine.rs
index 1998d2c9..6300bb30 100644
--- a/phase2-cli/src/combine.rs
+++ b/phase2-cli/src/combine.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use phase2::parameters::{verify_transcript, MPCParameters};
 use setup_utils::{print_hash, CheckForCorrectness, SubgroupCheckMode, UseCompression};
 
-use algebra::{CanonicalSerialize, BW6_761};
+use algebra::BW6_761;
 
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader};
@@ -83,12 +83,4 @@ pub fn combine(
         .write(&mut combined_contents, COMBINED_IS_COMPRESSED)
         .expect("should have written combined");
     std::fs::write(combined_filename, &combined_contents).expect("should have written combined file");
-
-    let mut combined_parameters_contents = vec![];
-    combined
-        .params
-        .serialize_uncompressed(&mut combined_parameters_contents)
-        .expect("should have serialized combined parameters");
-    std::fs::write(format!("{}.params", combined_filename), &combined_parameters_contents)
-        .expect("should have written combined parameters file");
 }