diff --git a/Convert_Matlab/inst_eddies_v6.py b/Convert_Matlab/inst_eddies_v6.py
index 30ab8e3d8d2af74bec1369fece3281e4abf82e55..c5b13a724df5f44c9bf3dcb5bd7313400ad4729f 100755
--- a/Convert_Matlab/inst_eddies_v6.py
+++ b/Convert_Matlab/inst_eddies_v6.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ while True:
                                                     "Anticyclonic_Cell",
                                                     "Cyclonic_Cell", "ADT"))
         # matlab_data is a dictionary.
-
+        os.remove("adt_v6.mat")
         assert datetime.date.fromordinal(matlab_data["date_num"] - 366) \
             == my_date
 
@@ -177,5 +177,3 @@ nml["grid_nml"] = dict(corner_deg = [matlab_data["X"][0], matlab_data["Y"][0]],
 for f in factories:
     nml.write(path.join(f["SHP_coll"], "grid_nml.txt"), force = True)
     for k, v in f["writers"].items(): v.close()
-
-os.remove("adt_v6.mat")