diff --git a/src/run-tests.pl b/src/run-tests.pl
index 829791c..d8ff1b6 100755
--- a/src/run-tests.pl
+++ b/src/run-tests.pl
@@ -603,7 +603,6 @@ sub printstate(@)
 		print shift(@t).", ".shift(@t).", \"".shift(@t)."\"";
 	}
 	print " ],\n";
-	close FILE;
 }
 
 # \@chan_state