diff --git a/src/lib/eina/eina_file_win32.c b/src/lib/eina/eina_file_win32.c
index 96d252909d..9a5b6fd4e9 100644
--- a/src/lib/eina/eina_file_win32.c
+++ b/src/lib/eina/eina_file_win32.c
@@ -764,7 +764,6 @@ eina_file_open(const char *path, Eina_Bool shared)
      {
         file->delete_me = EINA_TRUE;
         eina_hash_del(_eina_file_cache, file->filename, file);
-        eina_file_clean_close(file);
         file = NULL;
      }