diff --git a/kmail/kmfoldercachedimap.cpp b/kmail/kmfoldercachedimap.cpp
index 72f1113c..e7009a23 100644
--- a/kmail/kmfoldercachedimap.cpp
+++ b/kmail/kmfoldercachedimap.cpp
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ int KMFolderCachedImap::writeUidCache()
     str << lastUid() << endl;
     uidcache.flush();
     if ( uidcache.status() == IO_Ok ) {
-      fsync( uidcache.handle() ); /* this is probably overkill */
+      // fsync( uidcache.handle() ); /* this is probably overkill */
       uidcache.close();
       if ( uidcache.status() == IO_Ok )
         return 0;