1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index 8c52625a2531..3f76be670839 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -227,13 +227,12 @@ string readFile(const Path & path)
 }
 
 
-void writeFile(const Path & path, const string & s, bool doFsync)
+void writeFile(const Path & path, const string & s)
 {
     AutoCloseFD fd = open(path.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT, 0666);
     if (fd == -1)
         throw SysError(format("opening file `%1%'") % path);
     writeFull(fd, (unsigned char *) s.c_str(), s.size());
-    if (doFsync) fdatasync(fd);
 }