diff --git a/src/ReadXML.py b/src/ReadXML.py
index 49a71cbfd..dc4991209 100644
--- a/src/ReadXML.py
+++ b/src/ReadXML.py
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ def importData(database, filename, callback):
             f.close()
         except IOError,msg:
             use_gzip = 0
-            f.close()
     else:
         use_gzip = 0