diff --git a/src/tetras-back b/src/tetras-back
index 4bacd3ea354f86c13a60365396a2359111279b0b..4305b7a306142dc90caf0f0e4e6198ea91a09df2 100755
--- a/src/tetras-back
+++ b/src/tetras-back
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ if ($arguments->get_attr('start')){
         my $th=threads->create('send_command', "STOP");
         # Timeout
         sleep(5);
-        if($th->is_running() or -e $MAINFIFO){
+        if($th->is_running()){
             print "Le daemon de repond pas, suppression de la file $MAINFIFO\n";
             unlink $MAINFIFO;
             # Avoid perl to yelling at us because of the unjoined thread