diff --git a/repmgr.c b/repmgr.c
index 56bc2ee1..2e5260f0 100644
--- a/repmgr.c
+++ b/repmgr.c
@@ -1782,7 +1782,6 @@ create_recovery_file(const char *data_dir)
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* FreeFile(recovery_file); */
 	fclose(recovery_file);
 
 	return true;