diff --git a/src/backend/libpq/pqcomprim.c b/src/backend/libpq/pqcomprim.c
index a3bdd26c0e..53742190f3 100644
--- a/src/backend/libpq/pqcomprim.c
+++ b/src/backend/libpq/pqcomprim.c
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ pqPutString(const char *s, FILE *f)
 
 	fputc('\0', f);				/* important to send an ending \0 since
 								 * backend expects it */
-	fflush(f);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/tcop/dest.c b/src/backend/tcop/dest.c
index 56bb011ede..81c8028846 100644
--- a/src/backend/tcop/dest.c
+++ b/src/backend/tcop/dest.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/tcop/dest.c,v 1.13 1997/10/24 15:51:37 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/tcop/dest.c,v 1.14 1997/11/27 03:01:12 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ BeginCommand(char *pname,
 					pq_putint(attrs[i]->attlen, 2);
 				}
 			}
-			pq_flush();
 			break;
 
 		case Local: