diff --git a/src/commands/CmdDenotate.cpp b/src/commands/CmdDenotate.cpp
index 990c567ca..17845f515 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdDenotate.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdDenotate.cpp
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ int CmdDenotate::execute (std::string& output)
     if (i->first != "")
       context.footnote (i->second);
 
-  context.tdb2.commit ();
   feedback_affected (count == 1 ? STRING_CMD_DENO_1 : STRING_CMD_DENO_N, count);
   return rc;
 }