diff --git a/tests/node/node017/run b/tests/node/node017/run
index ea077cb190..beb8b73c58 100755
--- a/tests/node/node017/run
+++ b/tests/node/node017/run
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 . ../../testutils.sh
 
-[ -e testdir ] && rm -rf testdir
+rm -rf testdir
 
 run --cg node dir.idr | filter_test_dir
 cat testdir/test.txt