diff --git a/src/Mod/Drawing/Gui/TaskOrthoViews.cpp b/src/Mod/Drawing/Gui/TaskOrthoViews.cpp
index 0a9fb12fbf..f434b865f0 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Drawing/Gui/TaskOrthoViews.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Drawing/Gui/TaskOrthoViews.cpp
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ void pagesize(string & page_template, int dims[4], int block[4])
     catch (Standard_Failure)
     { }
 
-    file.close();
 
     if (t3 != 0)
     {