diff --git a/servers/slapd/tools/ldif2id2children.c b/servers/slapd/tools/ldif2id2children.c
index cbe925f66610486458eb451befba21cae67ce653..c985d83daeee557e94796fdf3cde2f4ebeb8e1a9 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/tools/ldif2id2children.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/tools/ldif2id2children.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
 	ID		id;
 	struct dbcache	*db, *db2;
 	Backend		*be = NULL;
+	struct ldbminfo *li;
 	struct berval	bv;
 	struct berval	*vals[2];
 	Avlnode		*avltypes = NULL;
@@ -127,6 +128,10 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
 	}
 	be = &backends[dbnum];
 
+	/* disable write sync'ing */
+	li = (struct ldbminfo *) be->be_private;
+	li->li_dbcachewsync = 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * first, make the dn2id index
 	 */
diff --git a/servers/slapd/tools/ldif2id2entry.c b/servers/slapd/tools/ldif2id2entry.c
index 4ff3407d55c68e858998283771043523a5de97df..f91c50a799ad9e93c41ea282758ee32d82c870dc 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/tools/ldif2id2entry.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/tools/ldif2id2entry.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
 	ID		id;
 	struct dbcache	*db;
 	Backend		*be = NULL;
+	struct ldbminfo *li;
 	struct berval	bv;
 	struct berval	*vals[2];
 	Avlnode		*avltypes = NULL;
@@ -124,6 +125,10 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
 	}
 	be = &backends[dbnum];
 
+	/* disable write sync'ing */
+	li = (struct ldbminfo *) be->be_private;
+	li->li_dbcachewsync = 0;
+
 	if ( (db = ldbm_cache_open( be, "id2entry", LDBM_SUFFIX, LDBM_NEWDB ))
 	    == NULL ) {
 		perror( "id2entry file" );
diff --git a/servers/slapd/tools/ldif2index.c b/servers/slapd/tools/ldif2index.c
index 918a054d99fd1ed68230d89ecc4ab5fab592a94a..15979b7e7d3991be937ebe2ea40d5bc99fa4ebca 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/tools/ldif2index.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/tools/ldif2index.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
 	int		dbnum;
 	unsigned long	id;
 	Backend		*be = NULL;
+	struct ldbminfo *li;
 	struct berval	bv;
 	struct berval	*vals[2];
 
@@ -121,6 +122,10 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
 	}
 	be = &backends[dbnum];
 
+	/* disable write sync'ing */
+	li = (struct ldbminfo *) be->be_private;
+	li->li_dbcachewsync = 0;
+
 	attr_masks( be->be_private, attr, &indexmask, &syntaxmask );
 	if ( indexmask == 0 ) {
 		exit( 0 );
diff --git a/servers/slapd/tools/ldif2ldbm.c b/servers/slapd/tools/ldif2ldbm.c
index 8ab191d7e09382afa59b0f6fa900c3180f17803a..c6df73f4a39066d94ccdec30aa845336a07b9e82 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/tools/ldif2ldbm.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/tools/ldif2ldbm.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
 	int		dbnum;
 	ID		id;
 	Backend		*be = NULL;
+	struct ldbminfo *li;
 	struct berval	bv;
 	struct berval	*vals[2];
 	Avlnode		*avltypes = NULL;
@@ -146,6 +147,10 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
 	}
 	be = &backends[dbnum];
 
+	/* disable write sync'ing */
+	li = (struct ldbminfo *) be->be_private;
+	li->li_dbcachewsync = 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * generate the id2entry index
 	 */