diff --git a/libs/audiographer/private/sndfile.hh b/libs/audiographer/private/sndfile.hh
index 8b7e1928e4..3093d3ebda 100644
--- a/libs/audiographer/private/sndfile.hh
+++ b/libs/audiographer/private/sndfile.hh
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ SndfileHandle::SndfileHandle (const char *path, int mode, int fmt, int chans, in
 		if (mode & SFM_WRITE) {
 			writable = true;
 		}
+		if (writable) {
+			::g_unlink (path);
+		}
 #ifdef PLATFORM_WINDOWS
 		int fd = g_open (path, writable ? O_CREAT | O_RDWR : O_RDONLY, writable ? 0644 : 0444);
 #else
@@ -225,6 +228,9 @@ SndfileHandle::SndfileHandle (std::string const & path, int mode, int fmt, int c
 		if (mode & SFM_WRITE) {
 			writable = true;
 		}
+		if (writable) {
+			::g_unlink (path.c_str());
+		}
 #ifdef PLATFORM_WINDOWS
 		int fd = g_open (path.c_str(), writable ? O_CREAT | O_RDWR : O_RDONLY, writable ? 0644 : 0444);
 #else