diff --git a/weed/server/volume_grpc_erasure_coding.go b/weed/server/volume_grpc_erasure_coding.go
index 129c7dab3..4bca9948e 100644
--- a/weed/server/volume_grpc_erasure_coding.go
+++ b/weed/server/volume_grpc_erasure_coding.go
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ func (vs *VolumeServer) VolumeEcShardsDelete(ctx context.Context, req *volume_se
 		if err := os.Remove(baseFilename + ".ecj"); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		os.Remove(baseFilename + ".vif")
 	}
 
 	return &volume_server_pb.VolumeEcShardsDeleteResponse{}, nil