diff --git a/nameserver/mockNS/MockNameServer.cpp b/nameserver/mockNS/MockNameServer.cpp
index fb1599593b914e9d7736f90c1ee081e120d20d40..a2f3c5fa6ba6a4d5349703ab136010f0f0972419 100644
--- a/nameserver/mockNS/MockNameServer.cpp
+++ b/nameserver/mockNS/MockNameServer.cpp
@@ -322,9 +322,6 @@ cta::MockNameServer::MockNameServer(const std::string &path): m_fileIdCounter(0)
 // destructor
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 cta::MockNameServer::~MockNameServer() throw() {
-  std::string cmd("rm -rf ");
-  cmd += m_fsDir;
-  system(cmd.c_str());
 }  
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------