diff --git a/bin/workflow/workitem.py b/bin/workflow/workitem.py
index 554df59e0da..5fbf7ee7fe3 100644
--- a/bin/workflow/workitem.py
+++ b/bin/workflow/workitem.py
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ def _state_set(cr, workitem, activity, state, ident):
 	cr.execute('update wkf_workitem set state=%s where id=%d', (state,workitem['id']))
 	workitem['state'] = state
 	wkf_logs.log(cr,ident,activity['id'],state)
-	if state == 'complete':
-		cr.commit()
 
 def _execute(cr, workitem, activity, ident):
 	#