diff --git a/ripe-api.py b/ripe-api.py
index 0fee543..0d49150 100755
--- a/ripe-api.py
+++ b/ripe-api.py
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ def edit(args):
         update(parser.parse_args(["update", args.type, args.key, tmp_name]))
     else:
         print "Object unchanged, not updating"
+
+    os.unlink(tmp_name)
     return