diff --git a/eekboard/eekboard-context-service.c b/eekboard/eekboard-context-service.c
index 83325d0d..18a9e162 100644
--- a/eekboard/eekboard-context-service.c
+++ b/eekboard/eekboard-context-service.c
@@ -152,11 +152,6 @@ eekboard_context_service_real_create_keyboard (EekboardContextService *self,
     }
     keyboard->keymap = keymap;
     char *keymap_str = xkb_keymap_get_as_string(keymap, XKB_KEYMAP_FORMAT_TEXT_V1);
-    int f = open("km", O_CREAT|O_WRONLY);
-    write(f, keymap_str, strlen(keymap_str) + 1);
-    if (!keymap_str) {
-        g_error("Keymap was not serialized");
-    }
     keyboard->keymap_len = strlen(keymap_str) + 1;
     char *path = strdup("/eek_keymap-XXXXXX");
     char *r = &path[strlen(path) - 6];