diff --git a/lmdb_test.go b/lmdb_test.go
index f052892ea..2b69a9927 100644
--- a/lmdb_test.go
+++ b/lmdb_test.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func mustOpenEmptyLMDBWrapper(path string) (w *LMDBWrapper, cleaner func()) {
 
 	return w, func() {
 		w.Close()
-		panicOn(w.DeleteDBPath(&DBShard{HolderPath: fn}))
+		panicOn(os.RemoveAll(fn))
 	}
 }