diff --git a/test/lit.cfg b/test/lit.cfg
index 52192a82..87f6c895 100644
--- a/test/lit.cfg
+++ b/test/lit.cfg
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ class LibcxxTestFormat(lit.formats.FileBasedTest):
                        source_path] + self.options
                 out, err, exitCode = self.execute_command(cmd)
                 if exitCode != 0:
-                    exec_file.close()
                     report = """Command: %s\n""" % ' '.join(["'%s'" % a
                                                              for a in cmd])
                     report += """Exit Code: %d\n""" % exitCode
@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@ class LibcxxTestFormat(lit.formats.FileBasedTest):
                 cmd = [exec_path]
                 out, err, exitCode = self.execute_command(cmd)
                 if exitCode != 0:
-                    exec_path.close()
                     report = """Command: %s\n""" % ' '.join(["'%s'" % a
                                                              for a in cmd])
                     report += """Exit Code: %d\n""" % exitCode