diff --git a/desktop/toolkit/gtk/gtk3/actions.py b/desktop/toolkit/gtk/gtk3/actions.py
index 8cab113736..0d32a77bf3 100644
--- a/desktop/toolkit/gtk/gtk3/actions.py
+++ b/desktop/toolkit/gtk/gtk3/actions.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from pisi.actionsapi import shelltools
 
 
 def setup():
+    shelltools.unlink('testsuite/gtk/gtkresources.c')
     options = "--prefix=/usr             \
                --sysconfdir=/etc         \
                --enable-x11-backend \