diff --git a/jrnl/util.py b/jrnl/util.py
index 1fd99c24..bb561308 100644
--- a/jrnl/util.py
+++ b/jrnl/util.py
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ def load_config(config_path):
 
 
 def get_text_from_editor(config, template=""):
-    tmpfile = os.path.join(tempfile.mktemp(prefix="jrnl", suffix=".txt"))
     filehandle, tmpfile = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix="jrnl", text=True, suffix=".txt")
     with codecs.open(tmpfile, 'w', "utf-8") as f:
         if template: