diff --git a/tests/flakes/flake-in-submodule.sh b/tests/flakes/flake-in-submodule.sh
index 9df47921e..21a4b52de 100644
--- a/tests/flakes/flake-in-submodule.sh
+++ b/tests/flakes/flake-in-submodule.sh
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ git config --global protocol.file.allow always
 rootRepo=$TEST_ROOT/rootRepo
 subRepo=$TEST_ROOT/submodule
 
-rm -rf $rootRepo $subRepo $TEST_HOME/.cache/nix
-
 
 createGitRepo $subRepo
 cat > $subRepo/flake.nix <<EOF