diff --git a/electrum/gui/kivy/uix/dialogs/installwizard.py b/electrum/gui/kivy/uix/dialogs/installwizard.py
index 3a577b0e1..5f7ae0c7b 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/kivy/uix/dialogs/installwizard.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/kivy/uix/dialogs/installwizard.py
@@ -629,8 +629,7 @@ class WizardKnownOTPDialog(WizardOTPDialogBase):
 
     def abort_wallet_creation(self):
         self._on_release = True
-        os.unlink(self.path)
-        self.wizard.terminate()
+        self.wizard.terminate(aborted=True)
         self.dismiss()
 
 
@@ -976,8 +975,8 @@ class InstallWizard(BaseWizard, Widget):
         t = threading.Thread(target = target)
         t.start()
 
-    def terminate(self, *, storage=None):
-        if storage is None:
+    def terminate(self, *, storage=None, aborted=False):
+        if storage is None and not aborted:
             storage = self.create_storage(self.path)
         self.dispatch('on_wizard_complete', storage)