diff --git a/src/java/org/lwjgl/util/applet/AppletLoader.java b/src/java/org/lwjgl/util/applet/AppletLoader.java
index 126ddb6f..c8d229ea 100644
--- a/src/java/org/lwjgl/util/applet/AppletLoader.java
+++ b/src/java/org/lwjgl/util/applet/AppletLoader.java
@@ -1385,8 +1385,7 @@ public class AppletLoader extends Applet implements Runnable, AppletStub {
 		Constructor constructor = clazz.getDeclaredConstructor(InputStream.class);
 		InputStream inputHandle = (InputStream) constructor.newInstance(fileInputHandle);
 
-		OutputStream outputHandle;
-		outputHandle = new FileOutputStream(out);
+		OutputStream outputHandle = new FileOutputStream(out);
 
 		byte [] buffer = new byte [1<<14];
 
@@ -1399,9 +1398,6 @@ public class AppletLoader extends Applet implements Runnable, AppletStub {
 		inputHandle.close();
 		outputHandle.close();
 
-		outputHandle = null;
-		inputHandle = null;
-
 		// delete LZMA file, as it is no longer needed
 		f.delete();
 	}
@@ -1419,8 +1415,7 @@ public class AppletLoader extends Applet implements Runnable, AppletStub {
 
 		InputStream inputHandle = new GZIPInputStream(fileInputHandle);
 
-		OutputStream outputHandle;
-		outputHandle = new FileOutputStream(out);
+		OutputStream outputHandle = new FileOutputStream(out);
 
 		byte [] buffer = new byte [1<<14];
 
@@ -1433,9 +1428,6 @@ public class AppletLoader extends Applet implements Runnable, AppletStub {
 		inputHandle.close();
 		outputHandle.close();
 
-		outputHandle = null;
-		inputHandle = null;
-
 		// delete GZip file, as it is no longer needed
 		f.delete();
 	}
@@ -1454,6 +1446,7 @@ public class AppletLoader extends Applet implements Runnable, AppletStub {
 	    Pack200.Unpacker unpacker = Pack200.newUnpacker();
 	    unpacker.unpack(f, jostream);
 	    jostream.close();
+	    fostream.close();
 
 	    // delete pack file as its no longer needed
 	    f.delete();