diff --git a/data-ingest/ingest b/data-ingest/ingest
index 4d37cfe..1446d99 100755
--- a/data-ingest/ingest
+++ b/data-ingest/ingest
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ for ipeFile in ${ipeFiles}; do
   cat >> "${tmpSql}" <<EOF
 .import ${import_opt} ${useIpeFile} ipe
 EOF
-  rm -f ${ipeFile}.cut
 done
 
 echo ""