diff --git a/src/lib/component_information/generate_component_general.py b/src/lib/component_information/generate_component_general.py
index d801940f03..6b8f605913 100755
--- a/src/lib/component_information/generate_component_general.py
+++ b/src/lib/component_information/generate_component_general.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import argparse
 import json
 import lzma #to create .xz file
 import re
-import os
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="""Generate the COMPONENT_GENERAL json file""")
 parser.add_argument('filename', metavar='component_general.json', help='JSON output file')
@@ -76,14 +75,5 @@ component_general['metadataTypes'] = metadata_types
 with open(filename, 'w') as outfile:
     json.dump(component_general, outfile)
 
-# DEBUG: in some cases writing the compressed file fails with 'No such file or directory'
-# even though it was just written above
-if not os.path.isfile(filename):
-    print('{:} does not exist'.format(filename))
-
 if compress:
-    try:
-        save_compressed(filename)
-    except FileNotFoundError as e:
-        print(os.listdir(os.path.dirname(filename)))
-        raise
+    save_compressed(filename)