diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pr/shared/preserve.go b/pkg/cmd/pr/shared/preserve.go
index 6d0b7303c..8002e4a59 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pr/shared/preserve.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pr/shared/preserve.go
@@ -9,13 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cli/cli/pkg/iostreams"
 )
 
-func dumpPath(random int64) string {
-	r := fmt.Sprintf("%x", random)
-	r = r[len(r)-5:]
-	dumpFilename := fmt.Sprintf("gh%s.json", r)
-	return filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), dumpFilename)
-}
-
 func PreserveInput(io *iostreams.IOStreams, state *IssueMetadataState, createErr *error) func() {
 	return func() {
 		if !state.IsDirty() {
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pr/shared/preserve_test.go b/pkg/cmd/pr/shared/preserve_test.go
index 8dc574676..a4211e55f 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pr/shared/preserve_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pr/shared/preserve_test.go
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ func Test_PreserveInput(t *testing.T) {
 
 			PreserveInput(io, tt.state, &err)()
 
-			tf.Seek(0, 0)
+			_, err = tf.Seek(0, 0)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 			data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(tf)
 			assert.NoError(t, err)