diff --git a/packer/plugin-getter/plugins.go b/packer/plugin-getter/plugins.go
index 69c493870..80bae5639 100644
--- a/packer/plugin-getter/plugins.go
+++ b/packer/plugin-getter/plugins.go
@@ -800,7 +800,11 @@ func (pr *Requirement) InstallLatest(opts InstallOptions) (*Installation, error)
 							errs = multierror.Append(errs, err)
 							return nil, errs
 						}
-						defer tmpFile.Close()
+						defer func() {
+							tmpFilePath := tmpFile.Name()
+							tmpFile.Close()
+							os.Remove(tmpFilePath)
+						}()
 
 						// start fetching binary
 						remoteZipFile, err := getter.Get("zip", GetOptions{
@@ -837,10 +841,6 @@ func (pr *Requirement) InstallLatest(opts InstallOptions) (*Installation, error)
 						if err := checksum.Checksummer.Checksum(checksum.Expected, tmpFile); err != nil {
 							err := fmt.Errorf("%w. Is the checksum file correct ? Is the binary file correct ?", err)
 							errs = multierror.Append(errs, err)
-							log.Printf("%s, truncating the zipfile", err)
-							if err := tmpFile.Truncate(0); err != nil {
-								log.Printf("[TRACE] %v", err)
-							}
 							continue
 						}