diff --git a/lib/storage.js b/lib/storage.js
index b7831ce..12149dc 100755
--- a/lib/storage.js
+++ b/lib/storage.js
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ storage.crashSafeWriteFile = function (filename, data, cb) {
       storage.rename(tempFilename, filename, function (err) { return cb(err); });
     }
   , async.apply(storage.flushToStorage, { filename: path.dirname(filename), isDir: true })
-  , async.apply(storage.ensureFileDoesntExist, tempFilename)
   ], function (err) { return callback(err); })
 };