diff --git a/tests/test_files.py b/tests/test_files.py
index 1d7d4606957df1bc21caf95a2b13b43a5e6a9766..7bc2a6416729bbe39ca47fd19f9824213f6cf7da 100644
--- a/tests/test_files.py
+++ b/tests/test_files.py
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ class TestFiles(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertFalse(try_unlink('test.txt'))
 
     def test_write_out_file_if_different(self):
+        try:
+            os.unlink('test')
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            pass
         try:
             self.assertTrue(write_out_file_if_different('test', 'test', 'UTF-8'))
             self.assertFalse(write_out_file_if_different('test', 'test', 'UTF-8'))