diff --git a/src/obidmscolumn.c b/src/obidmscolumn.c
index 164045c..80b7001 100644
--- a/src/obidmscolumn.c
+++ b/src/obidmscolumn.c
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ static obiversion_t obi_get_new_version_number(OBIDMS_column_group_p column_grou
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	//close(version_file_descriptor);
+	close(version_file_descriptor);
 	//close(column_dir_file_descriptor);
 	free(version_file_name);
 
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ static int create_version_file(OBIDMS_column_group_p column_group)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	//close(version_file_descriptor);
+	close(version_file_descriptor);
 	//close(column_dir_file_descriptor);
 	free(version_file_name);
 
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ obiversion_t obi_get_latest_version_number(OBIDMS_column_group_p column_group)
 	}
 
 	free(version_file_name);
-	//close(version_file_descriptor);
+	close(version_file_descriptor);
 	//close(column_dir_file_descriptor);
 
 	return latest_version_number;
@@ -672,9 +672,8 @@ OBIDMS_column_p obi_create_column(OBIDMS_p dms,
 	strncpy(header->name, column_name, OBIDMS_MAX_COLNAME);
 
 	free(column_file_name);
-	//obi_close_column_group(column_group);
 	//close(column_dir_file_descriptor);
-	//close(column_file_descriptor);
+	close(column_file_descriptor);
 
 	return new_column;
 }