diff --git a/tests/lib/Snowflake/FileSequenceTest.php b/tests/lib/Snowflake/FileSequenceTest.php
index 70054fee144..08e6357f363 100644
--- a/tests/lib/Snowflake/FileSequenceTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/Snowflake/FileSequenceTest.php
@@ -30,6 +30,5 @@ class FileSequenceTest extends ISequenceBase {
 		foreach (glob($lockDirectory . '/*') as $file) {
 			unlink($file);
 		}
-		rmdir($lockDirectory);
 	}
 }