diff --git a/anki/sync.py b/anki/sync.py
index 3e48ee2b6..4a1bb7dc4 100644
--- a/anki/sync.py
+++ b/anki/sync.py
@@ -1008,7 +1008,6 @@ and cards.id in %s""" % ids2str([c[0] for c in cards])))
             try:
                 assert urllib2.urlopen(req).read() == "OK"
             finally:
-                dst.close()
                 tmp.close()
                 os.close(fd)
         finally: