diff --git a/src/file.cc b/src/file.cc
index d80da197..a3a72ccc 100644
--- a/src/file.cc
+++ b/src/file.cc
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ String read_file(StringView filename, bool text)
 MappedFile::MappedFile(StringView filename)
     : data{nullptr}
 {
-    fd = open(filename.zstr(), O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK);
+    int fd = open(filename.zstr(), O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK);
     if (fd == -1)
         throw file_access_error(filename, strerror(errno));
 
@@ -222,16 +222,13 @@ MappedFile::MappedFile(StringView filename)
     data = (const char*)mmap(nullptr, st.st_size, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
     if (data == MAP_FAILED)
         throw file_access_error{filename, strerror(errno)};
+    close(fd);
 }
 
 MappedFile::~MappedFile()
 {
-    if (fd != -1)
-    {
-        if (data != nullptr)
-            munmap((void*)data, st.st_size);
-        close(fd);
-    }
+    if (data != nullptr)
+        munmap((void*)data, st.st_size);
 }
 
 MappedFile::operator StringView() const
diff --git a/src/file.hh b/src/file.hh
index b1dd0bcd..7f30c0b2 100644
--- a/src/file.hh
+++ b/src/file.hh
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ struct MappedFile
 
     operator StringView() const;
 
-    int fd;
     const char* data;
     struct stat st {};
 };