diff --git a/ckanext/archiver/tasks.py b/ckanext/archiver/tasks.py
index a8cb4ce..06b4d5f 100644
--- a/ckanext/archiver/tasks.py
+++ b/ckanext/archiver/tasks.py
@@ -614,6 +614,10 @@ def archive_resource(context, resource, log, result=None, url_timeout=30):
         else:
             # cache_url for uploaded resource is the same as download url
             cache_url = resource['url']
+            
+            # delete the file from archive storage
+            if os.path.isfile(saved_file):
+                os.remove(saved_file)
 
     else:
         shutil.move(result['saved_file'], saved_file)