diff --git a/tests/jwt_encode.c b/tests/jwt_encode.c
index aebbf040..e31fd19d 100644
--- a/tests/jwt_encode.c
+++ b/tests/jwt_encode.c
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ START_TEST(test_jwt_encode_fp)
 
 	ck_assert_str_eq(exp, read_back);
 
-	fclose(out);
-
 	jwt_free(jwt);
 }
 END_TEST