diff --git a/src/txnupd.cpp b/src/txnupd.cpp
index c613e68..477d1f0 100644
--- a/src/txnupd.cpp
+++ b/src/txnupd.cpp
@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ static bool setupTransactionalUpdate(PluginHandle * handle) {
     auto transactionRoot = handle->transaction.getRoot();
     dnf_context_set_install_root(handle->context, transactionRoot.c_str());
 
+    /* Disable SWDB as it currently causes crashes with transactional updates,
+     * and it is not particularly useful for our case anyway.
+     */
+    dnf_context_set_write_history (handle->context, FALSE);
+
     /* Mark as being in the transactional update mode, so that
      * other functions using the handle can do the right thing later.
      */