diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/database/SmsDatabase.java b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/database/SmsDatabase.java
index aeed06532..70c35b148 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/database/SmsDatabase.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/database/SmsDatabase.java
@@ -1228,7 +1228,6 @@ public class SmsDatabase extends MessageDatabase {
     }
 
     DatabaseFactory.getThreadDatabase(context).setHasSentSilently(threadId, true);
-    db.setTransactionSuccessful();
 
     notifyConversationListeners(threadId);