diff --git a/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/XmlPullStreamDecoder.java b/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/XmlPullStreamDecoder.java
index a616c7ff..abacdb45 100644
--- a/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/XmlPullStreamDecoder.java
+++ b/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/XmlPullStreamDecoder.java
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ public class XmlPullStreamDecoder implements ResStreamDecoder {
                 ser.event(par);
             }
             ser.flush();
-            in.close();
-            out.close();
         } catch (XmlPullParserException ex) {
             throw new AndrolibException("Could not decode XML", ex);
         } catch (IOException ex) {