1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/python.el b/lisp/progmodes/python.el
index 7a90f0bb5ee..b3918e906e9 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/python.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/python.el
@@ -2046,6 +2046,8 @@ there for compatibility with CEDET.")
     (with-temp-file temp-file-name
       (insert "# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-\n") ;Not needed for Python-3.
       (insert string)
+      (insert (format "\n\nimport os ; os.remove('''%s''')\n"
+                      temp-file-name))
       (delete-trailing-whitespace))
     temp-file-name))