diff --git a/coverage-tool/coverage-reporting/intermediate_layer.py b/coverage-tool/coverage-reporting/intermediate_layer.py
index b565236..1a851b8 100644
--- a/coverage-tool/coverage-reporting/intermediate_layer.py
+++ b/coverage-tool/coverage-reporting/intermediate_layer.py
@@ -648,8 +648,6 @@
         command = "%s -Sl %s | tee %s" % (OBJDUMP, elf_filename,
                                           elf_filename.replace(".elf", ".dump"))
         dump = os_command(command, show_command=True)
-        with open(elf_filename.replace(".elf", ".dump"), "r") as f:
-            dump = f.read()
         dump += "\n\n"  # For pattern matching the last function
         logger.info(f"Parsing assembly file {elf_filename}")
         elf_name = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(elf_filename))[0]