diff --git a/bob/bio/base/tools/scoring.py b/bob/bio/base/tools/scoring.py
index 3d5a756c8bb1594d6d7ca4f87730b35dd2e28ba2..b22191fe078e0e216eca55772b0002e1357b934a 100644
--- a/bob/bio/base/tools/scoring.py
+++ b/bob/bio/base/tools/scoring.py
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ def _open_to_read(score_file):
   if not os.path.exists(score_file):
     score_file += '.tar.bz2'
     if not os.path.exists(score_file):
-      f.close()
-      os.remove(output)
       raise IOError("The score file '%s' cannot be found. Aborting!" % score_file)
   return bob.measure.load.open_file(score_file)