diff --git a/meta-phosphor/classes/image_types_phosphor.bbclass b/meta-phosphor/classes/image_types_phosphor.bbclass
index 1ec8706..c347fdb 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/classes/image_types_phosphor.bbclass
+++ b/meta-phosphor/classes/image_types_phosphor.bbclass
@@ -338,7 +338,6 @@
 		cat $sort_signature_files > image-full
 		openssl dgst -sha256 -sign ${SIGNING_KEY} -out image-full.sig image-full
 		signature_files="${signature_files} image-full.sig"
-		rm -rf image-full
 	fi
 }