diff --git a/contrib/babel/lisp/langs/org-babel-gnuplot.el b/contrib/babel/lisp/langs/org-babel-gnuplot.el
index 5af344dca..6ab753c71 100644
--- a/contrib/babel/lisp/langs/org-babel-gnuplot.el
+++ b/contrib/babel/lisp/langs/org-babel-gnuplot.el
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ called by `org-babel-execute-src-block'."
            (term (or (cdr (assoc :term params))
                      (when out-file (file-name-extension out-file))))
            (cmdline (cdr (assoc :cmdline params)))
-           (in-file (make-temp-file "org-babel-ditaa"))
            (title (plist-get params :title))
            (lines (plist-get params :line))
            (sets (plist-get params :set))