diff --git a/alot/commands/globals.py b/alot/commands/globals.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/alot/commands/globals.py
+++ b/alot/commands/globals.py
@@ -319,7 +319,6 @@ class OpenBufferlistCommand(Command):
         else:
             bl = buffers.BufferlistBuffer(ui, self.filtfun)
             ui.buffer_open(bl)
-            bl.rebuild()
 
 
 @registerCommand(MODE, 'taglist')
fix issue #<I>

apparently, this rebuild is obsolete