diff --git a/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/OWSMessageManager.m b/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/OWSMessageManager.m
index 399c4324c..0c1e38907 100644
--- a/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/OWSMessageManager.m
+++ b/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/OWSMessageManager.m
@@ -1086,12 +1086,7 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
                 switch (friendRequestStatus) {
                     case LKThreadFriendRequestStatusNone: {
                         OWSMessageSender *messageSender = SSKEnvironment.shared.messageSender;
-//                        OWSMessageSend *automatedFriendRequestMessage = [messageSender getMultiDeviceFriendRequestMessageForHexEncodedPublicKey:hexEncodedPublicKey];
-//                        dispatch_async(OWSDispatch.sendingQueue, ^{
-//                            [messageSender sendMessage:automatedFriendRequestMessage];
-//                        });
                         LKFriendRequestMessage *automatedFriendRequestMessage = [messageSender getMultiDeviceFriendRequestMessageForHexEncodedPublicKey:hexEncodedPublicKey inThread:thread transaction:transaction];
-                        [automatedFriendRequestMessage saveWithTransaction:transaction];
                         [self.messageSenderJobQueue addMessage:automatedFriendRequestMessage transaction:transaction];
                         break;
                     }
diff --git a/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/OWSMessageSender.m b/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/OWSMessageSender.m
index f8a14ce9f..7e6e4573b 100644
--- a/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/OWSMessageSender.m
+++ b/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/OWSMessageSender.m
@@ -958,6 +958,7 @@ NSString *const OWSMessageSenderRateLimitedException = @"RateLimitedException";
     LKFriendRequestMessage *message = [[LKFriendRequestMessage alloc] initOutgoingMessageWithTimestamp:NSDate.ows_millisecondTimeStamp inThread:thread messageBody:@"Please accept to enable messages to be synced across devices" attachmentIds:[NSMutableArray new]
            expiresInSeconds:0 expireStartedAt:0 isVoiceMessage:NO groupMetaMessage:TSGroupMetaMessageUnspecified quotedMessage:nil contactShare:nil linkPreview:nil];
     message.skipSave = YES;
+    [message saveWithTransaction:transaction];
     return message;
 }