diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
index 579968e85c..a319416bfe 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class CurlDownloadStrategy <AbstractDownloadStrategy
       begin
         curl @url, '-o', @dl
       rescue Exception
-        @dl.unlink if @dl.exist?
+        ignore_interrupts { @dl.unlink if @dl.exist? }
         raise
       end
     else