diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test12.4 b/testsuite/expect/test12.4
index 800c82c340c4d7058fb9b97667cbbabd020a586d..da865f91911cb91a48dc1d8af201f5d99688c491 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test12.4
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test12.4
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ source ./globals
 
 set test_id     "12.4"
 set exit_code   0
-set file_in     "test.$test_id.input"
 set test_acct   "test_acct"
 set timeout 60
 print_header $test_id
@@ -143,9 +142,6 @@ expect {
 	}
 }
 
-
-make_bash_script $file_in "$bin_id"
-
 #
 # Spawn a job via srun using this account
 #
@@ -693,7 +689,6 @@ if {$damatches != 1} {
 }
 
 if {$exit_code == 0} {
-	exec $bin_rm -f $file_in
 	send_user "\nSUCCESS\n"
 }
 exit $exit_code