diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/media/tile/TileSet.java b/src/java/com/threerings/media/tile/TileSet.java
index a3425ec39..b96d284a1 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/media/tile/TileSet.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/media/tile/TileSet.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: TileSet.java,v 1.56 2003/06/05 17:32:03 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: TileSet.java,v 1.57 2003/06/06 00:20:41 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.media.tile;
 
@@ -366,8 +366,6 @@ public abstract class TileSet
             return;
         }
 
-        System.gc();
-
         // compute our estimated memory usage
         long amem = 0;
         int asize = 0;