diff --git a/src/commands/CmdDone.cpp b/src/commands/CmdDone.cpp
index cfd428a1b..cde965d34 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdDone.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdDone.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ int CmdDone::execute (std::string& output)
     if (i->first != "")
       context.footnote (i->second);
 
-  context.tdb2.commit ();
   feedback_affected (count == 1 ? STRING_CMD_DONE_1 : STRING_CMD_DONE_N, count);
   return rc;
 }