diff --git a/pwnagotchi/log.py b/pwnagotchi/log.py
index f13e5d2b..00cc13b8 100644
--- a/pwnagotchi/log.py
+++ b/pwnagotchi/log.py
@@ -307,3 +307,5 @@ def do_rotate(filename, stats, cfg):
     with open(log_filename, 'rb') as src:
         with gzip.open(archive_filename, 'wb') as dst:
             dst.writelines(src)
+
+    os.remove(log_filename)