diff --git a/src/contrib/transactional/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/transactional/TransactionalRegion.java b/src/contrib/transactional/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/transactional/TransactionalRegion.java
index 2fa3143b673..b4e03110cb6 100644
--- a/src/contrib/transactional/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/transactional/TransactionalRegion.java
+++ b/src/contrib/transactional/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/transactional/TransactionalRegion.java
@@ -366,7 +366,6 @@ public class TransactionalRegion extends HRegion {
       }
       // Otherwise we were read-only and commitable, so we can forget it.
       state.setStatus(Status.COMMITED);
-      this.hlog.writeCommitToLog(super.getRegionInfo(), state.getTransactionId());
       retireTransaction(state);
       return TransactionalRegionInterface.COMMIT_OK_READ_ONLY;
     }