diff --git a/app/recordings/recordings.php b/app/recordings/recordings.php
index f0b9b1d1f1..941c7a374d 100644
--- a/app/recordings/recordings.php
+++ b/app/recordings/recordings.php
@@ -104,11 +104,6 @@
 					ob_clean();
 					fpassthru($fd);
 				}
-
-			//if base64, remove temp recording file
-				if ($_SESSION['recordings']['storage_type']['text'] == 'base64' && $row['recording_base64'] != '') {
-					@unlink($full_recording_path);
-				}
 		}
 		exit;
 	}
@@ -246,11 +241,6 @@
 							}
 					}
 
-					//if base64, remove local file
-						if ($_SESSION['recordings']['storage_type']['text'] == 'base64' && file_exists($_SESSION['switch']['recordings']['dir'].'/'.$_SESSION['domain_name'].'/'.$recording_filename)) {
-							@unlink($_SESSION['switch']['recordings']['dir'].'/'.$_SESSION['domain_name'].'/'.$recording_filename);
-						}
-
 				}
 			}
 			closedir($dh);
@@ -603,4 +593,4 @@
 		fclose($fp);
 	}
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>