diff --git a/backend/Testing/SyncReverseProxy/SendReceiveServiceTests.cs b/backend/Testing/SyncReverseProxy/SendReceiveServiceTests.cs
index 83420b046..71d1858ac 100644
--- a/backend/Testing/SyncReverseProxy/SendReceiveServiceTests.cs
+++ b/backend/Testing/SyncReverseProxy/SendReceiveServiceTests.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ public SendReceiveServiceTests(ITestOutputHelper output)
         _output = output;
         _sendReceiveService = new SendReceiveService(_output);
         CleanUpTempDir();
+        var fileInfo = new FileInfo("Mercurial/hg");
+        if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows) && fileInfo.Exists)
+        {
+            fileInfo.Delete();
+        }
     }
 
     private void CleanUpTempDir()