diff --git a/cms/static/coffee/src/views/module_edit.coffee b/cms/static/coffee/src/views/module_edit.coffee
index 1b849d1f55..bf56807f66 100644
--- a/cms/static/coffee/src/views/module_edit.coffee
+++ b/cms/static/coffee/src/views/module_edit.coffee
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class CMS.Views.ModuleEdit extends Backbone.View
   loadEdit: ->
     if not @module
       @module = XModule.loadModule(@$el.find('.xmodule_edit'))
+      @originalMetadata = @metadata()
 
   metadata: ->
     # cdodge: package up metadata which is separated into a number of input fields
@@ -35,7 +36,13 @@ class CMS.Views.ModuleEdit extends Backbone.View
 
     return _metadata
 
-  getMetadata: ->
+  changedMetadata: ->
+    currentMetadata = @metadata()
+    changedMetadata = {}
+    for key of currentMetadata
+      if currentMetadata[key] != @originalMetadata[key]
+        changedMetadata[key] = currentMetadata[key]
+    return changedMetadata
 
   cloneTemplate: (parent, template) ->
     $.post("/clone_item", {
@@ -62,7 +69,7 @@ class CMS.Views.ModuleEdit extends Backbone.View
       course: course_location_analytics
       id: _this.model.id
 
-    data.metadata = _.extend(data.metadata || {}, @metadata())
+    data.metadata = _.extend(data.metadata || {}, @changedMetadata())
     @hideModal()
     @model.save(data).done( =>
     #   # showToastMessage("Your changes have been saved.", null, 3)
diff --git a/cms/templates/widgets/metadata-edit.html b/cms/templates/widgets/metadata-edit.html
index 4eb43da896..d4373c37fd 100644
--- a/cms/templates/widgets/metadata-edit.html
+++ b/cms/templates/widgets/metadata-edit.html
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
     % endfor
   </ul>
 
-  % if 'source_code' in editable_metadata_fields:
-  <%include file="source-edit.html" />
+  % if 'source_code' in editable_metadata_fields and not editable_metadata_fields['source_code']['is_default']:
+    <%include file="source-edit.html" />
   % endif
 
 </section>