diff --git a/mozilla/mailnews/db/msgdb/src/nsMsgDatabase.cpp b/mozilla/mailnews/db/msgdb/src/nsMsgDatabase.cpp
index b319369660f..2f2759f5524 100644
--- a/mozilla/mailnews/db/msgdb/src/nsMsgDatabase.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/mailnews/db/msgdb/src/nsMsgDatabase.cpp
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ NS_IMETHODIMP nsMsgDatabase::Commit(nsMsgDBCommit commitType)
 	nsresult	err = NS_OK;
 	nsIMdbThumb	*commitThumb = NULL;
 
-	commitType = nsMsgDBCommitType::kCompressCommit;	// ### until incremental writing works.
+//	commitType = nsMsgDBCommitType::kCompressCommit;	// ### until incremental writing works.
 
 	if (m_mdbStore)
 	{