diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibAudio/WavWriter.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibAudio/WavWriter.cpp
index a771d89b6e..466928a228 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibAudio/WavWriter.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibAudio/WavWriter.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ WavWriter::~WavWriter()
 
 ErrorOr<void> WavWriter::set_file(StringView path)
 {
-    m_file = TRY(Core::File::open(path, Core::File::OpenMode::ReadWrite));
+    m_file = TRY(Core::File::open(path, Core::File::OpenMode::Write));
     TRY(m_file->seek(44, SeekMode::SetPosition));
     m_finalized = false;
     return {};
diff --git a/Userland/Utilities/shot.cpp b/Userland/Utilities/shot.cpp
index e3c0a1cd6e..854a4d6222 100644
--- a/Userland/Utilities/shot.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Utilities/shot.cpp
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
     if (edit_image)
         output_path = Core::DateTime::now().to_deprecated_string("/tmp/screenshot-%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S.png"sv);
 
-    auto file_or_error = Core::File::open(output_path, Core::File::OpenMode::ReadWrite);
+    auto file_or_error = Core::File::open(output_path, Core::File::OpenMode::Write);
     if (file_or_error.is_error()) {
         warnln("Could not open '{}' for writing: {}", output_path, file_or_error.error());
         return 1;