diff --git a/src/pyuvdata/parameter.py b/src/pyuvdata/parameter.py
index a7a14a943..1d347c492 100644
--- a/src/pyuvdata/parameter.py
+++ b/src/pyuvdata/parameter.py
@@ -326,17 +326,6 @@ def __eq__(self, other, *, silent=False):
         if not (
             isinstance(other, self.__class__) and isinstance(self, other.__class__)
         ):
-            # If the UVParameter value is of the same type, then compare that instead
-            if isinstance(other, self.value.__class__) and isinstance(
-                self.value, other.__class__
-            ):
-                if not silent:
-                    print(
-                        f"{self.name} and other classes do not match, but "
-                        f"{self.name}.value and other do -- comparing those instead."
-                    )
-                return self.compare_value(other)
-
             if not silent:
                 print(f"{self.name} parameter classes are different")
             return False
diff --git a/tests/uvdata/test_uvdata.py b/tests/uvdata/test_uvdata.py
index 434bc3fa5..9aeab96d3 100644
--- a/tests/uvdata/test_uvdata.py
+++ b/tests/uvdata/test_uvdata.py
@@ -1558,9 +1558,8 @@ def test_select_antennas(casa_uvfits, invert, use_names, higher_dim, keep_meta):
         uv_object.telescope.antenna_names = np.array(uv_object.telescope.antenna_names)
         orig_telescope.antenna_names = np.array(orig_telescope.antenna_names)
         for param in ["_antenna_names", "_antenna_positions"]:
-            assert (
-                getattr(uv_object.telescope, param)
-                == (getattr(orig_telescope, param[1:])[mask])
+            assert getattr(uv_object.telescope, param).compare_value(
+                getattr(orig_telescope, param[1:])[mask]
             )
         assert np.asarray(uv_object.telescope)