diff --git a/mercurial/localrepo.py b/mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -1794,7 +1794,6 @@ class localrepository(object):
                 # if minimal phase was 0 we don't need to retract anything
                 phases.retractboundary(self, tr, targetphase, [n])
             tr.close()
-            branchmap.updatecache(self.filtered('served'))
             return n
         finally:
             if tr:
diff --git a/tests/test-blackbox.t b/tests/test-blackbox.t
--- a/tests/test-blackbox.t
+++ b/tests/test-blackbox.t
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ log rotation
   result: None
   $ hg blackbox
   1970/01/01 00:00:00 bob @0e46349438790c460c5c9f7546bfcd39b267bbd2 (5000)> commit -m commit2 -d 2000-01-02 foo
-  1970/01/01 00:00:00 bob @0e46349438790c460c5c9f7546bfcd39b267bbd2 (5000)> updated served branch cache in * seconds (glob)
-  1970/01/01 00:00:00 bob @0e46349438790c460c5c9f7546bfcd39b267bbd2 (5000)> wrote served branch cache with 1 labels and 1 nodes
+  1970/01/01 00:00:00 bob @45589e459b2edfbf3dbde7e01f611d2c1e7453d7 (5000)> updated served branch cache in * seconds (glob)
+  1970/01/01 00:00:00 bob @45589e459b2edfbf3dbde7e01f611d2c1e7453d7 (5000)> wrote served branch cache with 1 labels and 1 nodes
   1970/01/01 00:00:00 bob @45589e459b2edfbf3dbde7e01f611d2c1e7453d7 (5000)> commit -m commit2 -d 2000-01-02 foo exited 0 after * seconds (glob)
   1970/01/01 00:00:00 bob @45589e459b2edfbf3dbde7e01f611d2c1e7453d7 (5000)> log -r 0
   1970/01/01 00:00:00 bob @45589e459b2edfbf3dbde7e01f611d2c1e7453d7 (5000)> writing .hg/cache/tags2-visible with 0 tags