diff --git a/lib/fakefs/file.rb b/lib/fakefs/file.rb
index 8e1cefc..279fb5c 100644
--- a/lib/fakefs/file.rb
+++ b/lib/fakefs/file.rb
@@ -217,10 +217,6 @@ module FakeFS
       super(@file.content, mode)
     end
 
-    def close
-      @open = false
-    end
-
     def exists?
       true
     end
diff --git a/test/fakefs_test.rb b/test/fakefs_test.rb
index a5a0558..2d6babc 100644
--- a/test/fakefs_test.rb
+++ b/test/fakefs_test.rb
@@ -330,6 +330,16 @@ class FakeFSTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
   end
 
+  def test_File_close_disallows_further_writes
+    path = '/path/to/file.txt'
+    file = File.open(path, 'w')
+    file.write 'Yada'
+    file.close
+    assert_raise IOError do
+      file << "foo"
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_can_read_from_file_objects
     path = '/path/to/file.txt'
     File.open(path, 'w') do |f|