diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/RepoUpdater.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/RepoUpdater.java
index 2c75c06bd..653e975b2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/RepoUpdater.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/RepoUpdater.java
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ public class RepoUpdater {
             }
 
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            if (downloader != null && downloader.getFile() != null) {
-                if (!downloader.getFile().delete()) {
-                    Log.w(TAG, "Couldn't delete file: " + downloader.getFile().getAbsolutePath());
+            if (downloader != null && downloader.outputFile != null) {
+                if (!downloader.outputFile.delete()) {
+                    Log.w(TAG, "Couldn't delete file: " + downloader.outputFile.getAbsolutePath());
                 }
             }
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public class RepoUpdater {
             // Don't worry about checking the status code for 200. If it was a
             // successful download, then we will have a file ready to use:
             cacheTag = downloader.getCacheTag();
-            processDownloadedFile(downloader.getFile());
+            processDownloadedFile(downloader.outputFile);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/Downloader.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/Downloader.java
index 61b6af116..45ba5b884 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/Downloader.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/Downloader.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public abstract class Downloader {
 
     private final OutputStream outputStream;
 
-    private final File outputFile;
+    public final File outputFile;
 
     protected final URL sourceUrl;
     protected String cacheTag;
@@ -78,15 +78,6 @@ public abstract class Downloader {
         return cacheTag != null;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Only available if you passed a context object into the constructor
-     * (rather than an outputStream, which may or  may not be associated with
-     * a file).
-     */
-    public File getFile() {
-        return outputFile;
-    }
-
     public abstract boolean hasChanged();
 
     protected abstract int totalDownloadSize();