diff --git a/rascal-lsp/src/main/rascal/lang/rascal/tests/rename/TestUtils.rsc b/rascal-lsp/src/main/rascal/lang/rascal/tests/rename/TestUtils.rsc
index 2b363b827..7c870e880 100644
--- a/rascal-lsp/src/main/rascal/lang/rascal/tests/rename/TestUtils.rsc
+++ b/rascal-lsp/src/main/rascal/lang/rascal/tests/rename/TestUtils.rsc
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ private tuple[list[DocumentEdit], set[int]] getEditsAndModule(str stmtsStr, int
 
     // Write the file to disk (and clean up later) to easily emulate typical editor behaviour
     loc testDir = |memory://tests/rename/<moduleName>|;
+    println("Removing <testDir>");
+    remove(testDir);
     loc moduleFileName = testDir + "rascal" + "<moduleName>.rsc";
     writeFile(moduleFileName, moduleStr);