diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
index b5383198813..71e51bfd379 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
@@ -130,9 +130,8 @@ def run (self):
 
         # And make an archive relative to the root of the
         # pseudo-installation tree.
-        from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
-        arc = NamedTemporaryFile(".zip")
-        archive_basename = arc.name[:-4]
+        from tempfile import mktemp
+        archive_basename = mktemp()
         fullname = self.distribution.get_fullname()
         arcname = self.make_archive(archive_basename, "zip",
                                     root_dir=self.bdist_dir)
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ def run (self):
         self.create_exe(arcname, fullname, self.bitmap)
         # remove the zip-file again
         log.debug("removing temporary file '%s'", arcname)
-        arc.close()
+        os.remove(arcname)
 
         if not self.keep_temp:
             remove_tree(self.bdist_dir, dry_run=self.dry_run)