Index: trunk/magic/remove/src/streaksio.c
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--- trunk/magic/remove/src/streaksio.c	(revision 29392)
+++ trunk/magic/remove/src/streaksio.c	(revision 30263)
@@ -121,14 +121,4 @@
     sf->transparentStreaks = psMetadataLookupF64(&status, config->arguments, "TRANSPARENT_STREAKS");
 
-    sf->stats = psMetadataAlloc();
-    psString statsFileName= psMetadataLookupStr(&status, config->arguments, "STATS");
-    if (statsFileName) {
-        sf->statsFile = fopen(statsFileName, "w");
-        if (!sf->statsFile) {
-            psError(PS_ERR_IO, true, "failed to open stats file %s", statsFileName);
-            streaksExit("", PS_EXIT_CONFIG_ERROR);
-        }
-    }
-
     return sf;
 }
@@ -138,4 +128,5 @@
 {
     freeImages(sf);
+    psFree(sf->stats);
     psFree(sf->diffedPixels);
     psFree(sf->tiles);
@@ -861,4 +852,5 @@
         streaksExit("", PS_EXIT_DATA_ERROR);
     }
+    sfile->fits = NULL;
     psFree(sfile->header);
     sfile->header = NULL;