diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-functions.R b/tests/testthat/test-functions.R
index cbb0f75b..462e4fb9 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-functions.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-functions.R
@@ -474,6 +474,9 @@ test_that(desc = "Test functions", code = {
     high_confidence = FALSE
   )
 
+  ## cleanup
+  unlink("data", recursive = TRUE)
+
   ## in cache version
   copy_backbone()
   get_example_files(in_cache = FALSE)