diff --git a/src/Context.cpp b/src/Context.cpp
index ab6e6707b..9f3f9f31c 100644
--- a/src/Context.cpp
+++ b/src/Context.cpp
@@ -284,8 +284,7 @@ int Context::run ()
   try
   {
     rc = dispatch (output);
-    if (hooks.onExit ())
-      tdb2.commit ();
+    hooks.onExit ();
 
     std::stringstream s;
     s << "Perf "
diff --git a/src/Hooks.cpp b/src/Hooks.cpp
index 980355dbc..bea5c3ae0 100644
--- a/src/Hooks.cpp
+++ b/src/Hooks.cpp
@@ -136,13 +136,10 @@ void Hooks::onLaunch ()
 // Exit:
 //   0 Means:     - all emitted non-JSON lines become footnote entries
 //   non-0 Means: - all emitted non-JSON lines become error entries
-bool Hooks::onExit ()
+void Hooks::onExit ()
 {
   context.timer_hooks.start ();
 
-  // Status indicates whether hooks resulted in new/modified tasks.
-  bool status = false;
-
   std::vector <std::string> matchingScripts = scripts ("on-exit");
   std::vector <std::string>::iterator i;
   for (i = matchingScripts.begin (); i != matchingScripts.end (); ++i)
@@ -169,7 +166,6 @@ bool Hooks::onExit ()
   }
 
   context.timer_hooks.stop ();
-  return status;
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/Hooks.h b/src/Hooks.h
index f646de123..0af7e9bed 100644
--- a/src/Hooks.h
+++ b/src/Hooks.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public:
   void initialize ();
 
   void onLaunch ();
-  bool onExit ();
+  void onExit ();
   void onAdd (Task&);
   void onModify (const Task&, Task&);