diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c
index b876401260..231af52cc9 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c
@@ -1373,12 +1373,6 @@ RecordTransactionCommit(void)
 		replorigin = (replorigin_session_origin != InvalidRepOriginId &&
 					  replorigin_session_origin != DoNotReplicateId);
 
-		/*
-		 * Begin commit critical section and insert the commit XLOG record.
-		 */
-		/* Tell bufmgr and smgr to prepare for commit */
-		BufmgrCommit();
-
 		/*
 		 * Mark ourselves as within our "commit critical section".  This
 		 * forces any concurrent checkpoint to wait until we've updated
@@ -1400,6 +1394,9 @@ RecordTransactionCommit(void)
 		START_CRIT_SECTION();
 		MyProc->delayChkptFlags |= DELAY_CHKPT_START;
 
+		/*
+		 * Insert the commit XLOG record.
+		 */
 		XactLogCommitRecord(GetCurrentTransactionStopTimestamp(),
 							nchildren, children, nrels, rels,
 							ndroppedstats, droppedstats,
@@ -2536,9 +2533,6 @@ PrepareTransaction(void)
 
 	prepared_at = GetCurrentTimestamp();
 
-	/* Tell bufmgr and smgr to prepare for commit */
-	BufmgrCommit();
-
 	/*
 	 * Reserve the GID for this transaction. This could fail if the requested
 	 * GID is invalid or already in use.
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c b/src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c
index 95212a3941..fe029d2ea6 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c
@@ -2789,16 +2789,6 @@ CheckPointBuffers(int flags)
 	BufferSync(flags);
 }
 
-
-/*
- * Do whatever is needed to prepare for commit at the bufmgr and smgr levels
- */
-void
-BufmgrCommit(void)
-{
-	/* Nothing to do in bufmgr anymore... */
-}
-
 /*
  * BufferGetBlockNumber
  *		Returns the block number associated with a buffer.
diff --git a/src/include/storage/bufmgr.h b/src/include/storage/bufmgr.h
index b8a18b8081..73762cb1ec 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/bufmgr.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/bufmgr.h
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ extern bool HoldingBufferPinThatDelaysRecovery(void);
 
 extern void AbortBufferIO(void);
 
-extern void BufmgrCommit(void);
 extern bool BgBufferSync(struct WritebackContext *wb_context);
 
 extern void TestForOldSnapshot_impl(Snapshot snapshot, Relation relation);