diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
index 0564ad41f2..453275f0df 100644
--- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ make_patch () {
 die_with_patch () {
 	echo "$1" > "$state_dir"/stopped-sha
 	make_patch "$1"
-	git rerere
 	die "$2"
 }