diff --git a/rules/build_electricity.smk b/rules/build_electricity.smk
index f84a9969..65e24189 100644
--- a/rules/build_electricity.smk
+++ b/rules/build_electricity.smk
@@ -360,7 +360,6 @@ rule build_hydro_profile:
         + ".nc",
     output:
         profile=resources("profile_hydro.nc"),
-        eia_hydro=resources("eia_hydro_stats.csv"),
     log:
         logs("build_hydro_profile.log"),
     resources:
diff --git a/scripts/build_hydro_profile.py b/scripts/build_hydro_profile.py
index c4e9701e..cd51ce90 100644
--- a/scripts/build_hydro_profile.py
+++ b/scripts/build_hydro_profile.py
@@ -198,8 +198,6 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         fn = snakemake.input.era5_runoff
         eia_stats = approximate_missing_eia_stats(eia_stats, fn, countries)
 
-    eia_stats.to_csv(snakemake.output.eia_hydro)
-
     contained_years = pd.date_range(freq="YE", **snakemake.params.snapshots).year
     norm_year = config_hydro.get("eia_norm_year")
     missing_years = contained_years.difference(eia_stats.index)