diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java
index d99f5445700..1538945a890 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java
@@ -2049,7 +2049,6 @@ public class IndexWriter implements Closeable, TwoPhaseCommit, Accountable {
 
         lastCommitChangeCount = changeCount;
         
-        deleter.refresh();
         deleter.close();
 
         IOUtils.close(writeLock);                     // release write lock