diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/userData/test/electron-browser/fileUserDataProvider.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/userData/test/electron-browser/fileUserDataProvider.test.ts
index f04095592fe33654ac4bbca0aa6a92751904e714..f904fe3fb8d6e9c3303733837dab8a7c4b3a70cd 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/userData/test/electron-browser/fileUserDataProvider.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/userData/test/electron-browser/fileUserDataProvider.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import * as assert from 'assert';
 import * as os from 'os';
 import * as path from 'vs/base/common/path';
 import * as uuid from 'vs/base/common/uuid';
+import * as pfs from 'vs/base/node/pfs';
 import { IFileService, FileChangeType, IFileChange, IFileSystemProviderWithFileReadWriteCapability, IStat, FileType, FileSystemProviderCapabilities } from 'vs/platform/files/common/files';
 import { FileService } from 'vs/platform/files/common/fileService';
 import { NullLogService } from 'vs/platform/log/common/log';
@@ -55,8 +56,8 @@ suite('FileUserDataProvider', () => {
 	});
 
 	teardown(async () => {
-		await testObject.del(rootResource, { recursive: true });
 		disposables.clear();
+		await pfs.rimraf(rootResource.fsPath, pfs.RimRafMode.MOVE);
 	});
 
 	test.skip('exists return false when file does not exist', async () => {