diff --git a/mbtiles.cpp b/mbtiles.cpp
index ddaaf22d..42763cdc 100644
--- a/mbtiles.cpp
+++ b/mbtiles.cpp
@@ -471,11 +471,6 @@ void mbtiles_write_metadata(sqlite3 *outdb, const char *outdir, const char *fnam
 		}
 		sqlite3_free(sql);
 
-		FILE *f = fopen("/tmp/stats.json", "w");
-		std::string st = tilestats(layermap);
-		fprintf(f, "%s\n", st.c_str());
-		fclose(f);
-
 		sql = sqlite3_mprintf("INSERT INTO metadata (name, value) VALUES ('tilestats', %Q);", tilestats(layermap).c_str());
 		if (sqlite3_exec(db, sql, NULL, NULL, &err) != SQLITE_OK) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "set tilestats: %s\n", err);