diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index cf15011996..df7337fdf4 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ ramp_fitting
 - Moved the read noise variance recalculation for CHARGELOSS flagging to the C
   implementation, when the algorithm is ``OLS_C``. [#8697, spacetelescope/stcal#278]
 
+- Updated `calwebb_spec3` to not save the `pixel_replacement` output by default.[#8765] 
+
 resample
 --------
 
diff --git a/jwst/pipeline/calwebb_spec3.py b/jwst/pipeline/calwebb_spec3.py
index 7fd69e4373..2644bee233 100644
--- a/jwst/pipeline/calwebb_spec3.py
+++ b/jwst/pipeline/calwebb_spec3.py
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ def process(self, input):
         self.spectral_leak.save_results = self.save_results
         self.pixel_replace.suffix = 'pixel_replace'
         self.pixel_replace.output_use_model = True
-        self.pixel_replace.save_results = self.save_results
         
         # Overriding the Step.save_model method for the following steps.
         # These steps save intermediate files, resulting in meta.filename
@@ -237,7 +236,6 @@ def process(self, input):
                 # interpolate pixels that have a NaN value or are flagged
                 # as DO_NOT_USE or NON_SCIENCE.
                 result = self.pixel_replace(result)
-
                 # Resample time. Dependent on whether the data is IFU or not.
                 resample_complete = None
                 if exptype in IFU_EXPTYPES: