diff --git a/src/btreeidx.cc b/src/btreeidx.cc
index 856ca3af..efad109d 100644
--- a/src/btreeidx.cc
+++ b/src/btreeidx.cc
@@ -1097,27 +1097,6 @@ void BtreeIndex::findArticleLinks( QVector< WordArticleLink > * articleLinks,
   for ( ;; ) {
     vector< WordArticleLink > result = readChain( chainPtr );
 
-    if ( headwords
-         && static_cast< vector< WordArticleLink >::size_type >( headwords->capacity() )
-           < headwords->size() + result.size() ) {
-      int n = headwords->capacity();
-      headwords->reserve( n + n / 10 );
-    }
-
-    if ( offsets
-         && static_cast< vector< WordArticleLink >::size_type >( offsets->capacity() )
-           < offsets->size() + result.size() ) {
-      int n = offsets->capacity();
-      offsets->reserve( n + n / 10 );
-    }
-
-    if ( articleLinks
-         && static_cast< vector< WordArticleLink >::size_type >( articleLinks->capacity() )
-           < articleLinks->size() + result.size() ) {
-      int n = articleLinks->capacity();
-      articleLinks->reserve( n + n / 10 );
-    }
-
     for ( auto & i : result ) {
       if ( isCancelled && Utils::AtomicInt::loadAcquire( *isCancelled ) )
         return;