diff --git a/sunrise-commit b/sunrise-commit
index bb07f62..53bfec6 100755
--- a/sunrise-commit
+++ b/sunrise-commit
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ vcs_reset() {
 		git checkout HEAD -- "${@}" 2>/dev/null || req rm -f -- "${@}"
 	elif [ ${SC_VCS} = hg ]; then
 		[ -n "$(hg status -au "${@}")" ] && req rm -f -- "${@}"
-		hg revert -- "${@}" 2>/dev/null
+		hg revert --no-backup -- "${@}" 2>/dev/null
 	elif [ ${SC_VCS} = svn ]; then
 		req rm -f -- "${@}"
 		svn revert -- "${@}" >/dev/null