diff --git a/src/python/jw/pkg/App.py b/src/python/jw/pkg/App.py
index aa11b102..a3583459 100644
--- a/src/python/jw/pkg/App.py
+++ b/src/python/jw/pkg/App.py
@@ -545,7 +545,6 @@ class App(Base):
                 try:
                     with open(version_path) as fd:
                         ret = fd.read().replace('\n', '').replace('-dev', '')
-                        fd.close()
                         return ret
                 except EnvironmentError:
                     log(DEBUG, f'Ignoring unreadable file "{version_path}"')