diff --git a/packages/bun-internal-test/src/runner.node.mjs b/packages/bun-internal-test/src/runner.node.mjs
index 3c5a3e5a134d84..5b98a33348c4ea 100644
--- a/packages/bun-internal-test/src/runner.node.mjs
+++ b/packages/bun-internal-test/src/runner.node.mjs
@@ -249,9 +249,9 @@ async function runTest(path) {
   metadata.time = {};
   try {
     metadata.time = JSON.parse(readFileSync(tmpFile, "utf-8"));
+    rmSync(tmpFile);
   } catch (e) {
   }
-  rmSync(tmpFile);
   if (tmpDir) {
     spawn("rm", ["-rf", tmpDir], { stdio: "inherit", detached: true }).unref();
   }