diff --git a/src/QGCConfig.h b/src/QGCConfig.h
index 07ae9ac..0d8f075 100644
--- a/src/QGCConfig.h
+++ b/src/QGCConfig.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 // If you need to make an incompatible changes to stored settings, bump this version number
 // up by 1. This will caused store settings to be cleared on next boot.
-#define QGC_SETTINGS_VERSION 5
+#define QGC_SETTINGS_VERSION 6
 
 #define QGC_APPLICATION_NAME "QGroundControl"
 #define QGC_ORG_NAME "QGroundControl.org"
diff --git a/src/comm/LinkManager.cc b/src/comm/LinkManager.cc
index da17e30..91e63ed 100644
--- a/src/comm/LinkManager.cc
+++ b/src/comm/LinkManager.cc
@@ -326,7 +326,6 @@ void LinkManager::saveLinkConfigurationList()
     QSettings settings;
     settings.remove(LinkConfiguration::settingsRoot());
     int index = 0;
-    int count = 0;
     foreach (LinkConfiguration* pLink, _linkConfigurations) {
         Q_ASSERT(pLink != NULL);
         if(!pLink->isDynamic())
@@ -338,11 +337,10 @@ void LinkManager::saveLinkConfigurationList()
             settings.setValue(root + "/preferred", pLink->isPreferred());
             // Have the instance save its own values
             pLink->saveSettings(settings, root);
-            count++;
         }
     }
     QString root(LinkConfiguration::settingsRoot());
-    settings.setValue(root + "/count", count);
+    settings.setValue(root + "/count", index);
     emit linkConfigurationChanged();
 }