diff --git a/core/Utils.vala b/core/Utils.vala
index d3dcb2a83..b7b94e345 100644
--- a/core/Utils.vala
+++ b/core/Utils.vala
@@ -60,30 +60,6 @@ namespace Maya.Util {
         return _("On this computer");
     }
 
-    /*
-     * ical Exportation
-     */
-
-    public void save_temp_selected_calendars () {
-        var calmodel = Calendar.EventStore.get_default ();
-        var events = calmodel.get_events ();
-        var builder = new StringBuilder ();
-        builder.append ("BEGIN:VCALENDAR\n");
-        builder.append ("VERSION:2.0\n");
-        foreach (ECal.Component event in events) {
-            builder.append (event.get_as_string ());
-        }
-        builder.append ("END:VCALENDAR");
-
-        string file_path = GLib.Environment.get_tmp_dir () + "/calendar.ics";
-        try {
-            var file = File.new_for_path (file_path);
-            file.replace_contents (builder.data, null, false, FileCreateFlags.REPLACE_DESTINATION, null);
-        } catch (Error e) {
-            warning ("%s\n", e.message);
-        }
-    }
-
     public ECal.Component? copy_ecal_component (ECal.Component? original) {
         if (original == null) {
             return null;
diff --git a/src/Grid/CalendarView.vala b/src/Grid/CalendarView.vala
index 270fad5ec..582f05222 100644
--- a/src/Grid/CalendarView.vala
+++ b/src/Grid/CalendarView.vala
@@ -196,9 +196,6 @@ public class Maya.View.CalendarView : Gtk.Box {
     }
 
     private void action_export () {
-        /* creates a .ics file */
-        Util.save_temp_selected_calendars ();
-
         var filter = new Gtk.FileFilter ();
         filter.add_mime_type ("text/calendar");
 
@@ -214,16 +211,19 @@ public class Maya.View.CalendarView : Gtk.Box {
         filechooser.set_current_name (_("calendar.ics"));
 
         if (filechooser.run () == Gtk.ResponseType.ACCEPT) {
-            var destination = filechooser.get_filename ();
-            if (destination == null) {
-                destination = filechooser.get_current_folder ();
-            } else if (!destination.has_suffix (".ics")) {
-                destination += ".ics";
+            var events = Calendar.EventStore.get_default ().get_events ();
+            var builder = new StringBuilder ();
+            builder.append ("BEGIN:VCALENDAR\n");
+            foreach (ECal.Component event in events) {
+                builder.append (event.get_as_string ());
             }
+            builder.append ("END:VCALENDAR");
+
+            var file = filechooser.get_file ();
             try {
-                GLib.Process.spawn_command_line_async ("mv " + GLib.Environment.get_tmp_dir () + "/calendar.ics " + destination);
-            } catch (SpawnError e) {
-                warning (e.message);
+                file.replace_contents (builder.data, null, false, FileCreateFlags.REPLACE_DESTINATION, null);
+            } catch (Error e) {
+                warning ("%s\n", e.message);
             }
         }