diff --git a/plugins/trace_api_plugin/include/eosio/trace_api/store_provider.hpp b/plugins/trace_api_plugin/include/eosio/trace_api/store_provider.hpp
index d30d5f9a21..cb0f60f386 100644
--- a/plugins/trace_api_plugin/include/eosio/trace_api/store_provider.hpp
+++ b/plugins/trace_api_plugin/include/eosio/trace_api/store_provider.hpp
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ namespace eosio::trace_api {
       const auto offset = file.tellp();
       file.write(data.data(), data.size());
       file.flush();
-      file.sync();
       return offset;
    }