diff --git a/src/plugins/subversion.c b/src/plugins/subversion.c
index 2d273e8..54b2e83 100644
--- a/src/plugins/subversion.c
+++ b/src/plugins/subversion.c
@@ -391,7 +391,6 @@ static void _subversion_on_add(gpointer data)
 	dirname = g_path_get_dirname(svn->filename);
 	basename = g_path_get_basename(svn->filename);
 	argv[3] = basename;
-	svn->helper->get_type(svn->helper->browser, svn->filename, 0);
 	_subversion_add_task(svn, "svn add", dirname, argv);
 	g_free(basename);
 	g_free(dirname);