diff --git a/desktop/src/main/java/bisq/desktop/main/offer/MutableOfferDataModel.java b/desktop/src/main/java/bisq/desktop/main/offer/MutableOfferDataModel.java
index feb85be9e34..44371697167 100644
--- a/desktop/src/main/java/bisq/desktop/main/offer/MutableOfferDataModel.java
+++ b/desktop/src/main/java/bisq/desktop/main/offer/MutableOfferDataModel.java
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public MutableOfferDataModel(CreateOfferService createOfferService,
         addressEntry = btcWalletService.getOrCreateAddressEntry(offerId, AddressEntry.Context.OFFER_FUNDING);
 
         useMarketBasedPrice.set(preferences.isUsePercentageBasedPrice());
-        buyerSecurityDeposit.set(preferences.getBuyerSecurityDepositAsPercent(null));
+        buyerSecurityDeposit.set(Restrictions.getMinBuyerSecurityDepositAsPercent());
 
         btcBalanceListener = new BalanceListener(getAddressEntry().getAddress()) {
             @Override
@@ -334,10 +334,10 @@ void onPaymentAccountSelected(PaymentAccount paymentAccount) {
     }
 
     private void setSuggestedSecurityDeposit(PaymentAccount paymentAccount) {
-        var minSecurityDeposit = preferences.getBuyerSecurityDepositAsPercent(getPaymentAccount());
+        var minSecurityDeposit = Restrictions.getMinBuyerSecurityDepositAsPercent();
         try {
             if (getTradeCurrency() == null) {
-                setBuyerSecurityDeposit(minSecurityDeposit, false);
+                setBuyerSecurityDeposit(minSecurityDeposit);
                 return;
             }
             // Get average historic prices over for the prior trade period equaling the lock time
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ private void setSuggestedSecurityDeposit(PaymentAccount paymentAccount) {
             var min = extremes[0];
             var max = extremes[1];
             if (min == 0d || max == 0d) {
-                setBuyerSecurityDeposit(minSecurityDeposit, false);
+                setBuyerSecurityDeposit(minSecurityDeposit);
                 return;
             }
             // Suggested deposit is double the trade range over the previous lock time period, bounded by min/max deposit
@@ -640,12 +640,8 @@ protected void setVolume(Volume volume) {
         this.volume.set(volume);
     }
 
-    void setBuyerSecurityDeposit(double value, boolean persist) {
+    void setBuyerSecurityDeposit(double value) {
         this.buyerSecurityDeposit.set(value);
-        if (persist) {
-            // Only expected to persist for manually changed deposit values
-            preferences.setBuyerSecurityDepositAsPercent(value, getPaymentAccount());
-        }
     }
 
     protected boolean isUseMarketBasedPriceValue() {
diff --git a/desktop/src/main/java/bisq/desktop/main/offer/MutableOfferViewModel.java b/desktop/src/main/java/bisq/desktop/main/offer/MutableOfferViewModel.java
index 588c06cb564..248da70bda1 100644
--- a/desktop/src/main/java/bisq/desktop/main/offer/MutableOfferViewModel.java
+++ b/desktop/src/main/java/bisq/desktop/main/offer/MutableOfferViewModel.java
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ private void createListeners() {
         securityDepositStringListener = (ov, oldValue, newValue) -> {
             if (!ignoreSecurityDepositStringListener) {
                 if (securityDepositValidator.validate(newValue).isValid) {
-                    setBuyerSecurityDepositToModel(false);
+                    setBuyerSecurityDepositToModel();
                     dataModel.calculateTotalToPay();
                 }
                 updateButtonDisableState();
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ void onFocusOutBuyerSecurityDepositTextField(boolean oldValue, boolean newValue)
                             .width(800)
                             .actionButtonText(Res.get("createOffer.resetToDefault"))
                             .onAction(() -> {
-                                dataModel.setBuyerSecurityDeposit(defaultSecurityDeposit, false);
+                                dataModel.setBuyerSecurityDeposit(defaultSecurityDeposit);
                                 ignoreSecurityDepositStringListener = true;
                                 buyerSecurityDeposit.set(FormattingUtils.formatToPercent(dataModel.getBuyerSecurityDeposit().get()));
                                 ignoreSecurityDepositStringListener = false;
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ void onFocusOutBuyerSecurityDepositTextField(boolean oldValue, boolean newValue)
     }
 
     private void applyBuyerSecurityDepositOnFocusOut() {
-        setBuyerSecurityDepositToModel(true);
+        setBuyerSecurityDepositToModel();
         ignoreSecurityDepositStringListener = true;
         buyerSecurityDeposit.set(FormattingUtils.formatToPercent(dataModel.getBuyerSecurityDeposit().get()));
         ignoreSecurityDepositStringListener = false;
@@ -1146,13 +1146,11 @@ private void setVolumeToModel() {
         }
     }
 
-    private void setBuyerSecurityDepositToModel(boolean persistPreference) {
+    private void setBuyerSecurityDepositToModel() {
         if (buyerSecurityDeposit.get() != null && !buyerSecurityDeposit.get().isEmpty()) {
-            dataModel.setBuyerSecurityDeposit(ParsingUtils.parsePercentStringToDouble(buyerSecurityDeposit.get()),
-                    persistPreference);
+            dataModel.setBuyerSecurityDeposit(ParsingUtils.parsePercentStringToDouble(buyerSecurityDeposit.get()));
         } else {
-            dataModel.setBuyerSecurityDeposit(Restrictions.getDefaultBuyerSecurityDepositAsPercent(),
-                    persistPreference);
+            dataModel.setBuyerSecurityDeposit(Restrictions.getDefaultBuyerSecurityDepositAsPercent());
         }
     }
 
@@ -1160,7 +1158,7 @@ private void validateAndSetBuyerSecurityDepositToModel() {
         // If the security deposit in the model is not valid percent
         String value = FormattingUtils.formatToPercent(dataModel.getBuyerSecurityDeposit().get());
         if (!securityDepositValidator.validate(value).isValid) {
-            dataModel.setBuyerSecurityDeposit(Restrictions.getDefaultBuyerSecurityDepositAsPercent(), false);
+            dataModel.setBuyerSecurityDeposit(Restrictions.getDefaultBuyerSecurityDepositAsPercent());
         }
     }