diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
index 9d2bfb7a16..6e96abcc3c 100644
--- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ make_patch () {
 die_with_patch () {
 	echo "$1" > "$state_dir"/stopped-sha
 	make_patch "$1"
-	git rerere
 	die "$2"
 }