diff --git a/src/commands/CmdPrepend.cpp b/src/commands/CmdPrepend.cpp
index cece31410..9d992cf39 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdPrepend.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdPrepend.cpp
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ int CmdPrepend::execute (std::string& output)
     if (i->first != "")
       context.footnote (i->second);
 
-  context.tdb2.commit ();
   feedback_affected (count == 1 ? STRING_CMD_PREPEND_1 : STRING_CMD_PREPEND_N, count);
   return rc;
 }