diff --git a/benchmarks/dis/dis.sh b/benchmarks/dis/dis.sh
index 39676586ce08e9e697819dbcb755bee003772354..c537d35acfd59a07e5e0e489c873aa4d78fb3440 100755
--- a/benchmarks/dis/dis.sh
+++ b/benchmarks/dis/dis.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ fi
 ## =============================================================================
 ## Step 3: Run digitization & reconstruction
 echo "Running the digitization and reconstruction"
-rm fieldmaps
 if [ ${RECO} == "eicrecon" ] ; then
   /usr/bin/time -v eicrecon ${SIM_FILE} -Ppodio:output_file=${REC_FILE}
   if [ "$?" -ne "0" ] ; then