diff --git a/src/runtime/c/pgf/pgf.cxx b/src/runtime/c/pgf/pgf.cxx
index e8183e2f3..8e16eb878 100644
--- a/src/runtime/c/pgf/pgf.cxx
+++ b/src/runtime/c/pgf/pgf.cxx
@@ -242,7 +242,6 @@ void pgf_merge_pgf(PgfDB *db, PgfRevision revision,
 
             PgfReader rdr(in,NULL);
             rdr.merge_pgf(pgf);
-            fclose(in);
         }
     } PGF_API_END