diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0db61119..8e87a38e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ python/libxslt.py
 python/libxsltclass.py
 python/libxsltclass.txt
 python/setup.py
-python/tests/foo
 stamp-h1
 tests/runtest
 tests/xmlspec/debug
diff --git a/python/tests/basic.py b/python/tests/basic.py
index a9d71188..437c9f53 100755
--- a/python/tests/basic.py
+++ b/python/tests/basic.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ style = libxslt.parseStylesheetDoc(styledoc)
 doc = libxml2.parseFile("%s/test.xml" % basedir)
 result = style.applyStylesheet(doc, None)
 style.saveResultToFilename("foo", result, 0)
+os.remove("foo")
 stringval = style.saveResultToString(result)
 if (len(stringval) != 68):
   print("Error in saveResultToString")