diff --git a/controllers/gitrepository_controller_test.go b/controllers/gitrepository_controller_test.go
index 96b1b9ce..54ad3ea5 100644
--- a/controllers/gitrepository_controller_test.go
+++ b/controllers/gitrepository_controller_test.go
@@ -582,6 +582,7 @@ func TestGitRepositoryReconciler_reconcileSource_checkoutStrategy(t *testing.T)
 
 	server, err := gittestserver.NewTempGitServer()
 	g.Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+	defer os.RemoveAll(server.Root())
 	server.AutoCreate()
 	g.Expect(server.StartHTTP()).To(Succeed())
 	defer server.StopHTTP()