diff --git a/lib/aruba/processes/spawn_process.rb b/lib/aruba/processes/spawn_process.rb
index db807f481..a2d184fd8 100644
--- a/lib/aruba/processes/spawn_process.rb
+++ b/lib/aruba/processes/spawn_process.rb
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ def read_temporary_output_file(file)
         file.rewind
         data = file.read
         file.close
+        file.unlink
 
         data.force_encoding("UTF-8")
       end