diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp
index e55ad5a58..da181e9d9 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp
@@ -664,11 +664,9 @@ void wallet2::rewrite(const std::string& wallet_name, const std::string& passwor
 {
   prepare_file_names(wallet_name);
   boost::system::error_code ignored_ec;
-  THROW_WALLET_EXCEPTION_IF(!boost::filesystem::exists(m_wallet_file, ignored_ec), error::file_not_found, m_wallet_file);
   THROW_WALLET_EXCEPTION_IF(!boost::filesystem::exists(m_keys_file, ignored_ec), error::file_not_found, m_keys_file);
   bool r = store_keys(m_keys_file, password);
   THROW_WALLET_EXCEPTION_IF(!r, error::file_save_error, m_keys_file);
-  store();
 }
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void wallet2::wallet_exists(const std::string& file_path, bool& keys_file_exists, bool& wallet_file_exists)