diff --git a/src/test/external/ext_out_cluster_test.go b/src/test/external/ext_out_cluster_test.go
index 297894ff28..f7f8a477cc 100644
--- a/src/test/external/ext_out_cluster_test.go
+++ b/src/test/external/ext_out_cluster_test.go
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func (suite *ExtOutClusterTestSuite) Test_2_DeployGitOps() {
 	deployArgs = []string{"package", "deploy", path, "--confirm"}
 	err = exec.CmdWithPrint(zarfBinPath, deployArgs...)
 	suite.NoError(err)
-	err = os.Remove(temp)
+	err = os.RemoveAll(temp)
 	suite.NoError(err, "unable to remove tempdir")
 }