diff --git a/cogl/cogl-journal.c b/cogl/cogl-journal.c
index 59a9fd8fc..8670471ea 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl-journal.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl-journal.c
@@ -1381,8 +1381,6 @@ _cogl_journal_flush (CoglJournal *journal)
    * that the timer isn't started recursively. */
   COGL_TIMER_START (_cogl_uprof_context, flush_timer);
 
-  cogl_push_framebuffer (journal->framebuffer);
-
   if (G_UNLIKELY (COGL_DEBUG_ENABLED (COGL_DEBUG_BATCHING)))
     g_print ("BATCHING: journal len = %d\n", journal->entries->len);
 
@@ -1465,8 +1463,6 @@ _cogl_journal_flush (CoglJournal *journal)
 
   _cogl_journal_discard (journal);
 
-  cogl_pop_framebuffer ();
-
   COGL_TIMER_STOP (_cogl_uprof_context, flush_timer);
 }