diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2aa96dc3..4ef5140a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ alltranslations:
 	bash -c "./translate translations"
 tidyup:
 	./tidyup src/*
-	rm -f src/*~
 source:
 	tar -cvf ../${APP}_${VERSION}.orig.tar ../${APP}-${VERSION} --exclude-vcs
 	gzip -f9n ../${APP}_${VERSION}.orig.tar
@@ -63,7 +62,6 @@ uninstall:
 	bash -c "./translate uninstall"
 clean:
 	./tidyup src/*
-	rm -f src/*~
 	rm -f \#* \.#* debian/*.substvars debian/*.log
 	rm -fr deb.* debian/${APP}
 	rm -f ../${APP}*.deb ../${APP}*.changes ../${APP}*.asc ../${APP}*.dsc
diff --git a/tidyup b/tidyup
index fc896496..17d8d475 100755
--- a/tidyup
+++ b/tidyup
@@ -139,8 +139,6 @@ class BeautifyBash:
       data = self.read_file(path)
       result,error = self.beautify_string(data,path)
       if(data != result):
-        # make a backup copy
-        self.write_file(path + '~',data)
         self.write_file(path,result)
     return error