1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/sslcertificates/ca.rb b/lib/puppet/sslcertificates/ca.rb
index f9efc02f7..f6bcbc1f7 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/sslcertificates/ca.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/sslcertificates/ca.rb
@@ -278,13 +278,12 @@ class Puppet::SSLCertificates::CA
         host = thing2name(csr)
 
         csrfile = host2csrfile(host)
-        raise Puppet::Error, "Certificate request for #{host} already exists" if File.exists?(csrfile)
-        Puppet.settings.writesub(:csrdir, csrfile) { |f| f.print csr.to_pem }
+        if File.exists?(csrfile)
+            raise Puppet::Error, "Certificate request for %s already exists" % host
+        end
 
-        certfile = host2certfile(host)
-        if File.exists?(certfile)
-            Puppet.notice "Removing previously signed certificate #{certfile} for #{host}"
-            Puppet::SSLCertificates::Inventory::rebuild
+        Puppet.settings.writesub(:csrdir, csrfile) do |f|
+            f.print csr.to_pem
         end
     end