diff --git a/dom/camera/DOMCameraControl.cpp b/dom/camera/DOMCameraControl.cpp
index 9bae8d84be78..beb25dbab897 100644
--- a/dom/camera/DOMCameraControl.cpp
+++ b/dom/camera/DOMCameraControl.cpp
@@ -757,11 +757,7 @@ nsDOMCameraControl::OnCreatedFileDescriptor(bool aSucceeded)
       return;
     }
   }
-  // An error occured. We need to manually close the file descriptor since
-  // the FileDescriptor destructor doesn't close file handles which originate
-  // from other processes.
-  int fd = mDSFileDescriptor->mFileDescriptor.PlatformHandle();
-  ScopedClose autoClose(fd);
+
   OnError(CameraControlListener::kInStartRecording, NS_LITERAL_STRING("FAILURE"));
 }
 
diff --git a/dom/camera/GonkCameraControl.cpp b/dom/camera/GonkCameraControl.cpp
index 5efde7ec6e33..61c738d55d8c 100644
--- a/dom/camera/GonkCameraControl.cpp
+++ b/dom/camera/GonkCameraControl.cpp
@@ -856,11 +856,7 @@ nsGonkCameraControl::StartRecordingImpl(DeviceStorageFileDescriptor* aFileDescri
   }
 
   nsresult rv;
-  // SetupRecording creates a dup of the file descriptor, and since it
-  // was created in the parent, the FileDescriptor destructor won't close
-  // it, so we go ahead and close it once we leave this function.
   int fd = aFileDescriptor->mFileDescriptor.PlatformHandle();
-  ScopedClose autoClose(fd);
   if (aOptions) {
     rv = SetupRecording(fd, aOptions->rotation, aOptions->maxFileSizeBytes,
                         aOptions->maxVideoLengthMs);