diff --git a/src/leveled_penciller.erl b/src/leveled_penciller.erl
index 3480124..74e3756 100644
--- a/src/leveled_penciller.erl
+++ b/src/leveled_penciller.erl
@@ -1916,10 +1916,7 @@ add_missing_hash({K, {SQN, ST, MD}}) ->
 clean_dir_test() ->
     % Pointless gesture to test coverage
     RootPath = "../test/ledger",
-    ok = filelib:ensure_dir(RootPath),
-    ?assertMatch(ok, file:write_file(RootPath ++ "/test.bob", "hello")),
-    ok = clean_subdir(RootPath ++ "/test.bob"),
-    ok = file:delete(RootPath ++ "/test.bob").
+    ok = clean_subdir(RootPath ++ "/test.bob").
 
 
 archive_files_test() ->