diff --git a/src/test/test-util.c b/src/test/test-util.c
index 2b46699125..35dd63f53f 100644
--- a/src/test/test-util.c
+++ b/src/test/test-util.c
@@ -654,6 +654,8 @@ static void test_writing_tmpfile(void) {
         assert(r == 0);
         printf("contents: %s", contents);
         assert(streq(contents, "abc\n" ALPHANUMERICAL "\n"));
+
+        unlink(name);
 }
 
 static void test_hexdump(void) {