diff --git a/src/backend/access/undo/undorecordset.c b/src/backend/access/undo/undorecordset.c
index 59eba7dfb6..9d05824141 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/undo/undorecordset.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/undo/undorecordset.c
@@ -2622,14 +2622,6 @@ ApplyPendingUndo(void)
 		}
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Some undo actions may unlink files. Since the checkpointer is not
-	 * guaranteed to be up, it seems simpler to process the undo request
-	 * ourselves in the way the checkpointer would do.
-	 */
-	SyncPreCheckpoint();
-	SyncPostCheckpoint();
-
 	/* Cleanup. */
 	chunktable_destroy(sets);
 }