diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/imagecache/imagecachestorage.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/imagecache/imagecachestorage.h
index c5c7b61160b..0306349b23e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/imagecache/imagecachestorage.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/imagecache/imagecachestorage.h
@@ -198,13 +198,9 @@ private:
 
         void updateTableToVersion1(DatabaseType &database)
         {
-            Sqlite::ExclusiveTransaction transaction{database};
-
             database.execute("DELETE FROM images");
             database.execute("ALTER TABLE images ADD COLUMN midSizeImage");
             database.setVersion(1);
-
-            transaction.commit();
         }
     };