diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6d9ab218ac..fd381d3e4b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2008-06-07  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@novell.com>
+
+	Bug 536990 - updateiconcache.c: 'close ()' is redundant
+
+	* gtk/updateiconcache.c (build_cache): Drop redundant close()
+	calls. fclose() on a fdopen()ed strema closes the underlying file
+	descriptor.
+
 2008-06-06  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
 	Bug 536757 – regression: openoffice.org menus are placed at wrong
diff --git a/gtk/updateiconcache.c b/gtk/updateiconcache.c
index a9381ce741..58aaf5d87f 100644
--- a/gtk/updateiconcache.c
+++ b/gtk/updateiconcache.c
@@ -1475,7 +1475,6 @@ build_cache (const gchar *path)
       /* Empty table, just close and remove the file */
 
       fclose (cache);
-      close (fd);
       g_unlink (tmp_cache_path);
       exit (0);
     }
@@ -1483,7 +1482,6 @@ build_cache (const gchar *path)
   /* FIXME: Handle failure */
   retval = write_file (cache, files, directories);
   fclose (cache);
-  close (fd);
 
   g_list_foreach (directories, (GFunc)g_free, NULL);
   g_list_free (directories);