diff --git a/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/db/JdbcDatabase.java b/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/db/JdbcDatabase.java
index 1578e7d3887583cf823ad6c585691c186858c0f3..c54831de2d998ac6713036d312920bc5374a0d34 100644
--- a/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/db/JdbcDatabase.java
+++ b/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/db/JdbcDatabase.java
@@ -879,9 +879,6 @@ abstract class JdbcDatabase implements Database<Connection> {
 			batchAffected = ps.executeBatch();
 			if(batchAffected.length != secrets.size())
 				throw new DbStateException();
-			for(int i = 0; i < batchAffected.length; i++) {
-				if(batchAffected[i] > 1) throw new DbStateException();
-			}
 			ps.close();
 		} catch(SQLException e) {
 			tryToClose(ps);