diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java
index f63741c921..c4657d9eef 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java
@@ -3726,8 +3726,6 @@ public class FragmentCompose extends FragmentBase {
                         body = Helper.readText(draft.getFile(context, draft.revision));
                     }
 
-                    Helper.writeText(draft.getFile(context), body);
-
                     db.message().setMessageContent(draft.id,
                             true,
                             draft.plain_only, // unchanged