diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/xen/save b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/xen/save
index 33f690b17a..7d8b359faa 100755
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/xen/save
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/xen/save
@@ -21,7 +21,5 @@ source $(dirname $0)/xenrc
 deploy_id=$1
 file=$2
 
-touch $file
-
 $XM_SAVE $deploy_id $file