diff --git a/src/AutoUpdate.php b/src/AutoUpdate.php
index 49fd0c4..cb6ea6a 100755
--- a/src/AutoUpdate.php
+++ b/src/AutoUpdate.php
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ protected function _install($updateFile, $simulateInstall, $version)
             } else {
                 // touch will fail if PHP is not the owner of the file, and file_put_contents is faster than touch.
                 if (file_put_contents($absoluteFilename, '') === false) {
-                    $this->_log->addError(sprintf('[SIMULATE] The file "%s" could not be created!', $absoluteFilename));
+                    $this->_log->addError(sprintf('The file "%s" could not be created!', $absoluteFilename));
                     zip_close($zip);
 
                     return false;
@@ -778,21 +778,10 @@ protected function _install($updateFile, $simulateInstall, $version)
             }
 
 
-            if (!fwrite($updateHandle, $contents)) {
-                if (zip_entry_filesize($file) == 0) {
-                    if (!file_put_contents($absoluteFilename , chr(0)  )) {
-
-                        $this->_log->addError(sprintf('Could not write to file "%s"!', $absoluteFilename));
-                        zip_close($zip);
-                        return false;
-                    }
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                        $this->_log->addError(sprintf('Could not write to file "%s"!', $absoluteFilename));
-                        zip_close($zip);
-                        return false;
-                }
+            if (false === fwrite($updateHandle, $contents)) {
+                $this->_log->addError(sprintf('Could not write to file "%s"!', $absoluteFilename));
+                zip_close($zip);
+                return false;
             }
 
             fclose($updateHandle);