diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/config/ConfigInvocationHandler.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/config/ConfigInvocationHandler.java
index 5450a9132f..f2aa57ff3e 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/config/ConfigInvocationHandler.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/config/ConfigInvocationHandler.java
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
  */
 package net.runelite.client.config;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Objects;
 import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 
 @Slf4j
@@ -104,11 +104,20 @@ class ConfigInvocationHandler implements InvocationHandler
 
 			Object newValue = args[0];
 
+			Class<?> type = method.getParameterTypes()[0];
+			Object oldValue = manager.getConfiguration(group.value(), item.keyName(), type);
+
+			if (Objects.equals(oldValue, newValue))
+			{
+				// nothing to do
+				return null;
+			}
+
 			if (method.isDefault())
 			{
 				Object defaultValue = callDefaultMethod(proxy, method, args);
 
-				if (Objects.equal(newValue, defaultValue))
+				if (Objects.equals(newValue, defaultValue))
 				{
 					// Just unset if it goes back to the default
 					manager.unsetConfiguration(group.value(), item.keyName());