diff --git a/clients/vault/src/oracle/collector/proof_builder.rs b/clients/vault/src/oracle/collector/proof_builder.rs
index 24ca786fb..1594fb155 100644
--- a/clients/vault/src/oracle/collector/proof_builder.rs
+++ b/clients/vault/src/oracle/collector/proof_builder.rs
@@ -281,6 +281,8 @@ impl ScpMessageCollector {
 							"get_envelopes_from_horizon_archive(): The contained archive entry fetched from {} for slot {slot} is invalid because it does not contain any externalized envelopes.",
 								scp_archive_storage.0
 						);
+							// remove the file since it's invalid.
+							scp_archive_storage.remove_file(slot);
 							continue
 						}
 
@@ -297,6 +299,8 @@ impl ScpMessageCollector {
 							// indicates that the data was taken from the archive
 							from_archive_map.insert(slot, ());
 
+							// remove the archive file after successfully retrieving envelopes
+							scp_archive_storage.remove_file(slot);
 							break
 						}
 					}
@@ -355,6 +359,8 @@ impl ScpMessageCollector {
 						_ => TransactionSetType::new(target_history_entry.tx_set.clone()),
 					};
 					tx_set_map.insert(slot, tx_set_type);
+					// remove the archive file after a txset has been found
+					tx_archive_storage.remove_file(slot);
 					break
 				} else {
 					tracing::warn!(
diff --git a/clients/vault/src/oracle/storage/traits.rs b/clients/vault/src/oracle/storage/traits.rs
index 8baa029b9..0b4839922 100644
--- a/clients/vault/src/oracle/storage/traits.rs
+++ b/clients/vault/src/oracle/storage/traits.rs
@@ -138,9 +138,11 @@ pub trait ArchiveStorage {
 		slot_index + ARCHIVE_NODE_LEDGER_BATCH - rest
 	}
 
-	fn remove_file(&self, target_slot: Slot) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+	fn remove_file(&self, target_slot: Slot) {
 		let (_, file) = self.get_url_and_file_name(target_slot);
-		fs::remove_file(file)
+		if let Err(e) = fs::remove_file(&file) {
+			tracing::warn!("remove_file(): failed to remove file {file} for slot {target_slot}: {e:?}");
+		}
 	}
 
 	fn read_file_xdr(filename: &str) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {