diff --git a/agent/agent.go b/agent/agent.go
index 01c9ce6a38..3550b10e8a 100644
--- a/agent/agent.go
+++ b/agent/agent.go
@@ -1495,7 +1495,6 @@ func writeFileAtomic(path string, contents []byte) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	if err := fh.Close(); err != nil {
-		fh.Close()
 		os.Remove(tempPath)
 		return err
 	}