diff --git a/clientloop.c b/clientloop.c
index 244de9871..ccf8f4b8c 100644
--- a/clientloop.c
+++ b/clientloop.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: clientloop.c,v 1.324 2019/06/12 11:31:50 jmc Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: clientloop.c,v 1.325 2019/06/26 22:29:43 dtucker Exp $ */
 /*
  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
  * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -338,7 +338,6 @@ client_x11_get_proto(struct ssh *ssh, const char *display,
 			    "%s/xauthfile", xauthdir)) < 0 ||
 			    (size_t)r >= sizeof(xauthfile)) {
 				error("%s: xauthfile path too long", __func__);
-				unlink(xauthfile);
 				rmdir(xauthdir);
 				return -1;
 			}