diff --git a/src/commands/CmdStart.cpp b/src/commands/CmdStart.cpp
index 19d4e7c03..380f50c04 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdStart.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdStart.cpp
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ int CmdStart::execute (std::string& output)
     if (i->first != "")
       context.footnote (i->second);
 
-  context.tdb2.commit ();
   feedback_affected (count == 1 ? STRING_CMD_START_1 : STRING_CMD_START_N, count);
   return rc;
 }