diff --git a/src/Project.cpp b/src/Project.cpp
index b6147c621..7a0ad351e 100644
--- a/src/Project.cpp
+++ b/src/Project.cpp
@@ -4335,7 +4335,6 @@ void AudacityProject::ReleaseKeyboard(wxWindow *w)
 
 void AudacityProject::AutoSave()
 {
-   return;
    // To minimize the possibility of race conditions, we first write to a
    // file with the extension ".tmp", then rename the file to .autosave
    SonifyBeginAutoSave();