diff --git a/etiquette/photodb.py b/etiquette/photodb.py
index daebe8e..2b094a7 100644
--- a/etiquette/photodb.py
+++ b/etiquette/photodb.py
@@ -732,14 +732,11 @@ class PDBSQLMixin:
         self.on_commit_queue.append(savepoint_id)
         return savepoint_id
 
-    def sql_delete(self, table, pairs, *, commit=False):
+    def sql_delete(self, table, pairs):
         (qmarks, bindings) = sqlhelpers.delete_filler(pairs)
         query = 'DELETE FROM %s %s' % (table, qmarks)
         self.sql_execute(query, bindings)
 
-        if commit:
-            self.commit()
-
     def sql_execute(self, query, bindings=[]):
         if bindings is None:
             bindings = []
@@ -747,16 +744,13 @@ class PDBSQLMixin:
         cur.execute(query, bindings)
         return cur
 
-    def sql_insert(self, table, data, *, commit=False):
+    def sql_insert(self, table, data):
         column_names = constants.SQL_COLUMNS[table]
         (qmarks, bindings) = sqlhelpers.insert_filler(column_names, data)
 
         query = 'INSERT INTO %s VALUES(%s)' % (table, qmarks)
         self.sql_execute(query, bindings)
 
-        if commit:
-            self.commit()
-
     def sql_select(self, query, bindings=None):
         cur = self.sql_execute(query, bindings)
         while True:
@@ -769,14 +763,11 @@ class PDBSQLMixin:
         cur = self.sql_execute(query, bindings)
         return cur.fetchone()
 
-    def sql_update(self, table, pairs, where_key, *, commit=False):
+    def sql_update(self, table, pairs, where_key):
         (qmarks, bindings) = sqlhelpers.update_filler(pairs, where_key=where_key)
         query = 'UPDATE %s %s' % (table, qmarks)
         self.sql_execute(query, bindings)
 
-        if commit:
-            self.commit()
-
 
 class PDBTagMixin:
     def __init__(self):