diff --git a/src/commands/CmdModify.cpp b/src/commands/CmdModify.cpp
index 73c761388..614fe369c 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdModify.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdModify.cpp
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ int CmdModify::execute (std::string& output)
     if (i->first != "")
       context.footnote (i->second);
 
-  context.tdb2.commit ();
   feedback_affected (count == 1 ? STRING_CMD_MODIFY_1 : STRING_CMD_MODIFY_N, count);
   return rc;
 }