diff --git a/start-jupyter b/start-jupyter
index de4e214e3d2e8984dc86d77db5055df25430e979..7a4712670bde104b8822ad67272ef7d8c99ca928 100755
--- a/start-jupyter
+++ b/start-jupyter
@@ -360,7 +360,6 @@ function main () {
     printf "Starting jupyter server" >&2
     local url
     url="$(extract_from_logs "^.*\Khttp://localhost:.+" "${jupyter_log}")"
-    ssh_frontend "rm -f ${jupyter_log}"
 
     local port
     port=${url#*t:}