diff --git a/scheduler/src/command/common.rs b/scheduler/src/command/common.rs
index 0e275d8..d6c6e1f 100644
--- a/scheduler/src/command/common.rs
+++ b/scheduler/src/command/common.rs
@@ -19,17 +19,6 @@ pub fn check_length(
     }
 }
 
-/// Truncates the files to at most `n_bytes`
-pub fn truncate_to_size(file: &mut std::fs::File, n_bytes: u64) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
-    let size = file.metadata()?.len();
-    if size > n_bytes {
-        file.set_len(n_bytes)?;
-        file.sync_all()?;
-    }
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-
 /// If no program is currently running, this function simply returns. Otherwise it signals the
 /// supervisor thread to kill the student program and waits for a maximum of 2s before returning
 /// and error
diff --git a/scheduler/src/command/execute_program.rs b/scheduler/src/command/execute_program.rs
index dc9378b..5cb25ed 100644
--- a/scheduler/src/command/execute_program.rs
+++ b/scheduler/src/command/execute_program.rs
@@ -153,9 +153,13 @@ fn build_result_archive(res: ResultId) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
     let student_log_path = PathBuf::from(format!("./data/{res}.log"));
     let log_path = PathBuf::from("./log");
 
-    add_to_archive_if_exists(&mut archive, &res.to_string(), res_path, Compression::None)?;
-    add_to_archive_if_exists(&mut archive, "student_log", student_log_path, Compression::Zopfli)?;
-    add_to_archive_if_exists(&mut archive, "log", log_path, Compression::Zopfli)?;
+    add_to_archive_if_exists(&mut archive, &res.to_string(), &res_path, Compression::None)?;
+    add_to_archive_if_exists(&mut archive, "student_log", &student_log_path, Compression::Zopfli)?;
+    add_to_archive_if_exists(&mut archive, "log", &log_path, Compression::Zopfli)?;
+
+    let _ = std::fs::remove_file(res_path);
+    let _ = std::fs::remove_file(student_log_path);
+    let _ = std::fs::OpenOptions::new().write(true).truncate(true).open(log_path);
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/scheduler/src/command/return_result.rs b/scheduler/src/command/return_result.rs
index 9262621..b7d4555 100644
--- a/scheduler/src/command/return_result.rs
+++ b/scheduler/src/command/return_result.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use super::{truncate_to_size, CommandResult, SyncExecutionContext};
+use super::{CommandResult, SyncExecutionContext};
 use crate::{
     command::{check_length, CommandError, Event, ResultId, COMMAND_TIMEOUT},
     communication::{CEPPacket, CommunicationHandle},
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pub fn return_result(
 
     com.await_ack(COMMAND_TIMEOUT)?;
     let result_id = ResultId { program_id, timestamp };
-    delete_result(result_id)?;
+    let _ = std::fs::remove_file(format!("./data/{result_id}"));
 
     let mut l_exec = exec.lock().unwrap();
     if let Some(event_index) =
@@ -45,20 +45,3 @@ pub fn return_result(
     l_exec.configure_update_pin();
     Ok(())
 }
-
-/// Deletes the result archive corresponding to the next element in the result queue and removes
-/// that element from the queue. The update pin is updated accordingly
-fn delete_result(res: ResultId) -> CommandResult {
-    let res_path = format!("./archives/{}/results/{}", res.program_id, res.timestamp);
-    let log_path = format!("./data/{}_{}.log", res.program_id, res.timestamp);
-    let out_path = format!("./data/{}_{}", res.program_id, res.timestamp);
-    let _ = std::fs::remove_file(res_path);
-    let _ = std::fs::remove_file(log_path);
-    let _ = std::fs::remove_file(out_path);
-
-    if let Ok(mut file) = std::fs::File::options().write(true).open("log") {
-        truncate_to_size(&mut file, 0)?;
-    }
-
-    Ok(())
-}
diff --git a/scheduler/tests/simulation/logging.rs b/scheduler/tests/simulation/logging.rs
index 2a31746..f441869 100644
--- a/scheduler/tests/simulation/logging.rs
+++ b/scheduler/tests/simulation/logging.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ fn logfile_is_cleared_after_sent() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100));
 
     let log_metadata = std::fs::metadata("./tests/tmp/log_is_cleared_after_sent/log")?;
-    assert!(log_metadata.len() < 50, "Logfile is not empty");
+    assert!(log_metadata.len() < 100, "Logfile is not empty");
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/scheduler/tests/software_tests/execute_program.rs b/scheduler/tests/software_tests/execute_program.rs
index 4b3c8f8..0c23577 100644
--- a/scheduler/tests/software_tests/execute_program.rs
+++ b/scheduler/tests/software_tests/execute_program.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-use std::io::Read;
-
 use crate::software_tests::common;
 use crate::software_tests::common::ComEvent::*;
 use common::*;
+use std::io::Read;
 use STS1_EDU_Scheduler::command::{self};
 use STS1_EDU_Scheduler::communication::CEPPacket::*;
 
@@ -22,10 +21,8 @@ fn execute_program_normal() -> TestResult {
     assert!(com.is_complete());
 
     std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(500));
-    let mut res = String::new();
-    std::fs::File::open("./archives/1/results/0")?.read_to_string(&mut res)?;
-
-    assert_eq!(res.replace('\r', ""), *"Some test results\nWith multiple lines\n".to_string());
+    let result_file = std::fs::read("./data/1_0")?;
+    assert!(result_file.windows(38).any(|w| w == b"Some test results\nWith multiple lines\n"));
 
     common::cleanup("1");
     Ok(())