diff --git a/.tools/readmes/render.py b/.tools/readmes/render.py
index 898c5342cb1..3f48735d93e 100644
--- a/.tools/readmes/render.py
+++ b/.tools/readmes/render.py
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 # Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-from collections import defaultdict
 import datetime
 import logging
 import os
 import re
-from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader, select_autoescape
+from collections import defaultdict
 from operator import itemgetter
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader, select_autoescape
+
 import config
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -47,8 +48,8 @@ def __init__(self, scanner, sdk_ver, safe, svc_folder=None):
             self.lang_config["service_folder"] = svc_folder
         else:
             if (
-                "service_folder_overrides" in self.lang_config
-                and scanner.svc_name in self.lang_config["service_folder_overrides"]
+                    "service_folder_overrides" in self.lang_config
+                    and scanner.svc_name in self.lang_config["service_folder_overrides"]
             ):
                 overrides = self.lang_config["service_folder_overrides"]
                 self.lang_config["service_folder"] = overrides[scanner.svc_name]
@@ -90,9 +91,9 @@ def _transform_sdk(self):
     def _transform_service(self):
         pre_svc = self.scanner.service()
         if (
-            "expanded" not in pre_svc
-            or "blurb" not in pre_svc
-            or "guide" not in pre_svc
+                "expanded" not in pre_svc
+                or "blurb" not in pre_svc
+                or "guide" not in pre_svc
         ):
             logger.error(
                 "%s entry in services.yaml does not have required entity expansions, blurb, or guide "
@@ -129,14 +130,14 @@ def _transform_hello(self, pre_hello):
             post_hello.append(action)
         return sorted(post_hello, key=itemgetter("title_abbrev"))
 
-
     def _transform_actions(self, pre_actions):
         post_actions = []
         for pre_id, pre in pre_actions.items():
             try:
                 api = next(iter(pre["services"][self.scanner.svc_name]))
             except:
-                raise MissingMetadataError(f"Action not found for example {pre_id} and service {self.scanner.svc_name}.")
+                raise MissingMetadataError(
+                    f"Action not found for example {pre_id} and service {self.scanner.svc_name}.")
             action = {
                 "title_abbrev": api,
                 "file": self.scanner.snippet(
@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ def _transform_crosses(self):
                 base_folder = f"{config.language[self.scanner.lang_name][self.sdk_ver]['base_folder']}/"
                 if base_folder in github:
                     github = (
-                        self._lang_level_double_dots() + github.split(base_folder, 1)[1]
+                            self._lang_level_double_dots() + github.split(base_folder, 1)[1]
                     )
                 cross = {
                     "title_abbrev": pre["title_abbrev"],
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@ def _scrape_customs(self, readme_filename, sdk_short):
         with open(readme_filename, "r", encoding="utf-8") as readme:
             for line in readme.readlines():
                 if line.lstrip().startswith("<!--custom") and line.rstrip().endswith(
-                    "start-->"
+                        "start-->"
                 ):
                     tag_parts = line.split(".")
                     section = tag_parts[1]
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ def _scrape_customs(self, readme_filename, sdk_short):
                     else:
                         customs[section] = ""
                 elif line.lstrip().startswith("<!--custom") and line.rstrip().endswith(
-                    "end-->"
+                        "end-->"
                 ):
                     end_section = line.split(".")[1]
                     if end_section != section:
@@ -331,11 +332,13 @@ def write(self):
                 self.readme_filename,
                 f'{self.lang_config["service_folder"]}/{config.saved_readme}',
             )
-        os.remove(self.readme_filename) #  Do this so that new files are always updated to the correct case (README.md).
+        if Path(self.readme_filename).exists():
+            os.remove(self.readme_filename)  # Do this so that new files are always updated to the correct case (README.md).
         with open(self.readme_filename, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
             f.write(self.readme_text)
         print(f"Updated {self.readme_filename}.")
 
+
     def check(self):
         with open(self.readme_filename, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
             readme_current = f.read()