diff --git a/panda/src/downloader/decompressor.cxx b/panda/src/downloader/decompressor.cxx
index ac3c34b4d2..ebb91bdd14 100644
--- a/panda/src/downloader/decompressor.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/downloader/decompressor.cxx
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ decompress(const Filename &source_file) {
   }
 
   cleanup();
+  _source_filename.unlink();
   return true;
 }