diff --git a/lib/database/close b/lib/database/close
index 19a412b..9fb38ca 100644
--- a/lib/database/close
+++ b/lib/database/close
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@ closeDatabase() {
 	(( debug )) && echo OK
 	exec 3>&-
 	exec 4<&-
-	rm "$tempdir"/sqlite.{in,out}
 }
diff --git a/lib/database/open b/lib/database/open
index ce86d95..e04131f 100644
--- a/lib/database/open
+++ b/lib/database/open
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ openDatabase() {
 		> "$tempdir/sqlite.out"	&
 	exec 3> "$tempdir"/sqlite.in
 	exec 4< "$tempdir"/sqlite.out
+	rm "$tempdir"/sqlite.in "$tempdir"/sqlite.out
 	if (( debug > 2 ))
 	then
 		exec 5>&3