diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__ssh_authorized_key/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__ssh_authorized_key/gencode-remote
index 61c77fb9..cbffde94 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__ssh_authorized_key/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__ssh_authorized_key/gencode-remote
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ if [ -f "$file" ]; then
    grep -v -F -x '$line' '$file' >\$tmpfile
 fi
 cat "\$tmpfile" >"$file"
+rm -f "\$tmpfile"
 DONE
 }