diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete_test.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete_test.go
index de16ed91071873e3e95939be1327301779c34e79..835c911699fc8d1ae7eb6860ee6e4b8b7f6a27fe 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete_test.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete_test.go
@@ -151,6 +151,13 @@ func TestDeleteAllProfiles(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("tempdir: %v", err)
 	}
+	defer func() { //clean up tempdir
+		err := os.RemoveAll(td)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("failed to clean up %q temp folder after the unit test.", td)
+		}
+	}()
+
 	err = copy.Copy("../../../pkg/minikube/config/testdata/delete-all", td)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("copy: %v", err)