diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a1941f68a..f3a00cc69 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1162,7 +1162,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "pretty_env_logger",
  "rusqlite",
  "rustyline",
- "tempfile",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
diff --git a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
index 678d74db1..9dca2a2ae 100644
--- a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ log = "0.4.16"
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4"
 rusqlite = "0.27"
 rustyline = "10"
-tempfile = "3"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["fs", "rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }
 
 [features]
diff --git a/deltachat-repl/src/cmdline.rs b/deltachat-repl/src/cmdline.rs
index 5dd1b6783..0a41da87c 100644
--- a/deltachat-repl/src/cmdline.rs
+++ b/deltachat-repl/src/cmdline.rs
@@ -491,12 +491,7 @@ pub async fn cmdline(context: Context, line: &str, chat_id: &mut ChatId) -> Resu
         "send-backup" => {
             let provider = BackupProvider::prepare(&context).await?;
             let qr = provider.qr();
-            let rendered = deltachat::qr_code_generator::generate_backup_qr(&context, &qr).await?;
-            let tdir = tempfile::TempDir::new()?;
-            let dir = tdir.path();
-            let file = dir.join("qr.svg");
-            tokio::fs::write(&file, rendered).await?;
-            println!("The QR code is at: {}", file.display());
+            println!("QR code: {}", format_backup(&qr)?);
             provider.join().await?;
         }
         "receive-backup" => {