diff --git a/src/cc/main.cpp b/src/cc/main.cpp
index 3c1840a5..3945ceee 100644
--- a/src/cc/main.cpp
+++ b/src/cc/main.cpp
@@ -88,16 +88,17 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         cerr << "BUG: ANTLR syntax error. mayhapes C version newer than C11?" << endl;
         return 1;
     }
+
+    if (!keep_intermediate)
+    {
+        filesystem::remove(intermediate.replace_extension(".i"));
+    }
     if (args->get<bool>("--dump-ast"))
     {
         cout << tree->toStringTree(&parser, true) << endl;
         return 0;
     }
 
-    if (!keep_intermediate)
-    {
-        filesystem::remove(intermediate.replace_extension(".i"));
-    }
     std::ofstream output(intermediate.replace_extension(".s"));
 
     Analyzer analyzer;