diff --git a/tests/actionsapitests.py b/tests/actionsapitests.py
index eeb14ccc..53f7335d 100644
--- a/tests/actionsapitests.py
+++ b/tests/actionsapitests.py
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ class ActionsAPITestCase(testcase.TestCase):
         copy('tests/actionsapitests/linktoafile', 'tests/actionsapitests/adirectory', False)
         ourguy = 'tests/actionsapitests/%s' % os.readlink('tests/actionsapitests/linktoafile')
         self.assert_(os.path.exists(ourguy))
-        os.remove(ourguy)
 
         copy('tests/actionsapitests/file', 'tests/actionsapitests/file-copy')
         self.assertEqual(os.path.exists('tests/actionsapitests/file-copy'), True)