diff --git a/cpp/src/db/DBImpl.cpp b/cpp/src/db/DBImpl.cpp
index 3673bc4ad3d4b33ffcffa142377a00bc6624725e..4028a1bbbeb9a2dac4130a79299fbe0549e1bc98 100644
--- a/cpp/src/db/DBImpl.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/db/DBImpl.cpp
@@ -326,9 +326,7 @@ Status DBImpl<EngineT>::background_merge_files(const std::string& group_id) {
         merge_files(group_id, kv.first, kv.second);
     }
 
-    if (has_merge) {
-        _pMeta->archive_files();
-    }
+    _pMeta->archive_files();
 
     try_build_index();