Index: src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/journal/DatabaseJournal.java
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--- src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/journal/DatabaseJournal.java	(revision 1398254)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/journal/DatabaseJournal.java	(working copy)
@@ -436,29 +436,6 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Synchronize contents from journal. May be overridden by subclasses.
-     * Override to do it in batchMode, since some databases (PSQL) when
-     * not in transactional mode, load all results in memory which causes
-     * out of memory.
-     *
-     * @param startRevision start point (exclusive)
-     * @throws JournalException if an error occurs
-     */
-    @Override
-    protected void doSync(long startRevision) throws JournalException {
-        try {
-            startBatch();
-            try {
-                super.doSync(startRevision);
-            } finally {
-                endBatch(true);
-            }
-        } catch (SQLException e) {
-            throw new JournalException("Couldn't sync the cluster node", e);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      * <p/>
      * This journal is locked by incrementing the current value in the table