diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkDedupTest.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkDedupTest.java
index 82c2d82b7..8ed05c18d 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkDedupTest.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkDedupTest.java
@@ -290,6 +290,12 @@ public class SparkDedupTest implements Serializable {
 		assertEquals(0, sw_mergerel);
 		assertEquals(0, ds_mergerel);
 		assertEquals(0, orp_mergerel);
+
+		FileUtils.deleteDirectory(new File(testOutputBasePath + "/" + testActionSetId + "/organization_mergerel"));
+		FileUtils.deleteDirectory(new File(testOutputBasePath + "/" + testActionSetId + "/publication_mergerel"));
+		FileUtils.deleteDirectory(new File(testOutputBasePath + "/" + testActionSetId + "/software_mergerel"));
+		FileUtils.deleteDirectory(new File(testOutputBasePath + "/" + testActionSetId + "/dataset_mergerel"));
+		FileUtils.deleteDirectory(new File(testOutputBasePath + "/" + testActionSetId + "/otherresearchproduct_mergerel"));
 	}
 
 	@Test