diff --git a/manimlib/mobject/svg/svg_mobject.py b/manimlib/mobject/svg/svg_mobject.py
index 6476cd95..fa2286cf 100644
--- a/manimlib/mobject/svg/svg_mobject.py
+++ b/manimlib/mobject/svg/svg_mobject.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
 
 import numpy as np
 import svgelements as se
+import io
 
 from manimlib.constants import RIGHT
 from manimlib.logger import log
@@ -118,13 +119,13 @@ class SVGMobject(VMobject):
         file_path = self.get_file_path()
         element_tree = ET.parse(file_path)
         new_tree = self.modify_xml_tree(element_tree)
-        # Create a temporary svg file to dump modified svg to be parsed
-        root, ext = os.path.splitext(file_path)
-        modified_file_path = root + "_" + ext
-        new_tree.write(modified_file_path)
 
-        svg = se.SVG.parse(modified_file_path)
-        os.remove(modified_file_path)
+        # New svg based on tree contents
+        data_stream = io.BytesIO()
+        new_tree.write(data_stream)
+        data_stream.seek(0)
+        svg = se.SVG.parse(data_stream)
+        data_stream.close()
 
         mobjects = self.get_mobjects_from(svg)
         self.add(*mobjects)