diff --git a/src/sieve-tools/sieve-filter.c b/src/sieve-tools/sieve-filter.c
index 3153dd4acb8b0c303deccbbcd7588ad44e1bd2f5..298c729fd47fec2714ee5e11d39ebdd3a6ea4fff 100644
--- a/src/sieve-tools/sieve-filter.c
+++ b/src/sieve-tools/sieve-filter.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static int filter_mailbox
 
 	/* Iterate through all requested messages */
 
-	t = mailbox_transaction_begin(box, MAILBOX_TRANSACTION_FLAG_REFRESH);
+	t = mailbox_transaction_begin(box, 0);
 	search_ctx = mailbox_search_init(t, search_args, NULL);
 	mail_search_args_unref(&search_args);