diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/InstUtils.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/InstUtils.pm
index 6b592fcbc..e964d0c1a 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/InstUtils.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/InstUtils.pm
@@ -413,7 +413,6 @@ sub readBNDfile
         next if ($line =~ /^\s*$/ || $line =~ /^\s*#/);
         push(@pkglist, $line);
     }
-    close(BNDFILE);
 
     return (0, \@pkglist, $bnd_file_name);
 }