diff --git a/minzip/Zip.c b/minzip/Zip.c
index c627250..1f035ad 100644
--- a/minzip/Zip.c
+++ b/minzip/Zip.c
@@ -977,8 +977,7 @@
                 setfscreatecon(secontext);
             }
 
-            int fd = open(targetFile, O_CREAT|O_WRONLY|O_TRUNC|O_SYNC,
-                UNZIP_FILEMODE);
+            int fd = creat(targetFile, UNZIP_FILEMODE);
 
             if (secontext) {
                 freecon(secontext);
@@ -993,12 +992,7 @@
             }
 
             bool ok = mzExtractZipEntryToFile(pArchive, pEntry, fd);
-            if (ok) {
-                ok = (fsync(fd) == 0);
-            }
-            if (close(fd) != 0) {
-                ok = false;
-            }
+            close(fd);
             if (!ok) {
                 LOGE("Error extracting \"%s\"\n", targetFile);
                 ok = false;