diff --git a/src/commands/CmdStop.cpp b/src/commands/CmdStop.cpp
index b117c063e..2ebb487e5 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdStop.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdStop.cpp
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ int CmdStop::execute (std::string& output)
     if (i->first != "")
       context.footnote (i->second);
 
-  context.tdb2.commit ();
   feedback_affected (count == 1 ? STRING_CMD_STOP_1 : STRING_CMD_STOP_N, count);
   return rc;
 }