diff --git a/contrib/elftoolchain/readelf/readelf.c b/contrib/elftoolchain/readelf/readelf.c
index 57f35c9a460b..fe0ef5e8426f 100644
--- a/contrib/elftoolchain/readelf/readelf.c
+++ b/contrib/elftoolchain/readelf/readelf.c
@@ -7247,7 +7247,6 @@ dump_object(struct readelf *re, int fd)
 
 done:
 	elf_end(re->elf);
-	close(fd);
 }
 
 static void