--- a/toolkit/components/places/Database.cpp
+++ b/toolkit/components/places/Database.cpp
@@ -333,17 +333,16 @@ SetupDurability(nsCOMPtr<mozIStorageConn
     rv = aDBConn->ExecuteSimpleSQL(NS_LITERAL_CSTRING(
       "PRAGMA synchronous = OFF"));
     NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
   } else {
     // Be sure to set journal mode after page_size.  WAL would prevent the change
     // otherwise.
     if (JOURNAL_WAL == SetJournalMode(aDBConn, JOURNAL_WAL)) {
       // Set the WAL journal size limit.
-      // For added safety we will also force checkpointing at strategic moments.
       int32_t checkpointPages =
         static_cast<int32_t>(DATABASE_MAX_WAL_BYTES / aDBPageSize);
       nsAutoCString checkpointPragma("PRAGMA wal_autocheckpoint = ");
       checkpointPragma.AppendInt(checkpointPages);
       rv = aDBConn->ExecuteSimpleSQL(checkpointPragma);
       NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
     }
     else {
@@ -1170,18 +1169,16 @@ Database::InitSchema(bool* aDatabaseMigr
 
   // Set the schema version to the current one.
   rv = mMainConn->SetSchemaVersion(DATABASE_SCHEMA_VERSION);
   NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
 
   rv = transaction.Commit();
   NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
 
-  ForceWALCheckpoint();
-
   // ANY FAILURE IN THIS METHOD WILL CAUSE US TO MARK THE DATABASE AS CORRUPT
   // AND TRY TO REPLACE IT.
   // DO NOT PUT HERE ANYTHING THAT IS NOT RELATED TO INITIALIZATION OR MODIFYING
   // THE DISK DATABASE.
 
   return NS_OK;
 }
 

--- a/toolkit/components/places/FaviconHelpers.cpp
+++ b/toolkit/components/places/FaviconHelpers.cpp
@@ -1208,25 +1208,21 @@ FetchAndConvertUnsupportedPayloads::Run(
   NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
 
   if (count == 200) {
     // There are more results to handle. Re-dispatch to the same thread for the
     // next chunk.
     return NS_DispatchToCurrentThread(this);
   }
 
-  // We're done. Remove any leftovers and force a checkpoint for safety.
+  // We're done. Remove any leftovers.
   rv = mDB->ExecuteSimpleSQL(NS_LITERAL_CSTRING(
     "DELETE FROM moz_icons WHERE typeof(width) = 'text'"
   ));
   NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
-  rv = mDB->ExecuteSimpleSQL(NS_LITERAL_CSTRING(
-    "PRAGMA wal_checkpoint"
-  ));
-  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
   // Run a one-time VACUUM of places.sqlite, since we removed a lot from it.
   // It may cause jank, but not doing it could cause dataloss due to expiration.
   rv = mDB->ExecuteSimpleSQL(NS_LITERAL_CSTRING(
     "VACUUM"
   ));
   NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
 
   // Re-dispatch to the main-thread to flip the conversion pref.

--- a/toolkit/components/places/Helpers.cpp
+++ b/toolkit/components/places/Helpers.cpp
@@ -303,31 +303,16 @@ RoundToMilliseconds(PRTime aTime) {
   return aTime - (aTime % PR_USEC_PER_MSEC);
 }
 
 PRTime
 RoundedPRNow() {
   return RoundToMilliseconds(PR_Now());
 }
 
-void
-ForceWALCheckpoint()
-{
-  RefPtr<Database> DB = Database::GetDatabase();
-  if (DB) {
-    nsCOMPtr<mozIStorageAsyncStatement> stmt = DB->GetAsyncStatement(
-      "pragma wal_checkpoint "
-    );
-    if (stmt) {
-      nsCOMPtr<mozIStoragePendingStatement> handle;
-      (void)stmt->ExecuteAsync(nullptr, getter_AddRefs(handle));
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 bool
 GetHiddenState(bool aIsRedirect,
                uint32_t aTransitionType)
 {
   return aTransitionType == nsINavHistoryService::TRANSITION_FRAMED_LINK ||
          aTransitionType == nsINavHistoryService::TRANSITION_EMBED ||
          aIsRedirect;
 }

--- a/toolkit/components/places/Helpers.h
+++ b/toolkit/components/places/Helpers.h
@@ -211,24 +211,16 @@ public:
 
 protected:
   mozilla::storage::StatementCache<StatementType>& mStatementCache;
   nsCOMPtr<nsISupports> mOwner;
   nsCOMPtr<nsIThread> mCallingThread;
 };
 
 /**
- * Forces a WAL checkpoint. This will cause all transactions stored in the
- * journal file to be committed to the main database.
- * 
- * @note The checkpoint will force a fsync/flush.
- */
-void ForceWALCheckpoint();
-
-/**
  * Determines if a visit should be marked as hidden given its transition type
  * and whether or not it was a redirect.
  *
  * @param aIsRedirect
  *        True if this visit was a redirect, false otherwise.
  * @param aTransitionType
  *        The transition type of the visit.
  * @return true if this visit should be hidden.