diff --git a/src/commands/CmdDuplicate.cpp b/src/commands/CmdDuplicate.cpp
index 7c7942d41..096f28da1 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdDuplicate.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdDuplicate.cpp
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ int CmdDuplicate::execute (std::string& output)
     if (i->first != "")
       context.footnote (i->second);
 
-  context.tdb2.commit ();
   feedback_affected (count == 1 ? STRING_CMD_DUPLICATE_1 : STRING_CMD_DUPLICATE_N, count);
   return rc;
 }