diff --git a/src/runtime/c/pgf/pgf.cxx b/src/runtime/c/pgf/pgf.cxx
index 3f7fdd345..3968ee4f5 100644
--- a/src/runtime/c/pgf/pgf.cxx
+++ b/src/runtime/c/pgf/pgf.cxx
@@ -1098,13 +1098,8 @@ void pgf_commit_transaction(PgfDB *db, PgfRevision revision,
         DB_scope scope(db, WRITER_SCOPE);
 
         ref<PgfPGF> new_pgf = db->revision2pgf(revision);
-        ref<PgfPGF> old_pgf = db->get_active_revision();
-
         db->set_active_revision(new_pgf.as_object());
 
-        if (old_pgf != 0)
-            PgfPGF::release(old_pgf);
-
         db->commit();
     } PGF_API_END
 }