diff --git a/acceptance/telemetry/dummy-error/script b/acceptance/telemetry/dummy-error/script
index b4be7f986..8f22b50d9 100644
--- a/acceptance/telemetry/dummy-error/script
+++ b/acceptance/telemetry/dummy-error/script
@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@ echo "waiting for telemetry process to finish"
 # Wait for the child telemetry process to finish
 wait_file ./telemetry.pid
 wait_pid $(cat ./telemetry.pid)
+
+# cleanup the pid file
+rm -f ./telemetry.pid
diff --git a/acceptance/telemetry/dummy/script b/acceptance/telemetry/dummy/script
index af8c69071..0c0f52950 100644
--- a/acceptance/telemetry/dummy/script
+++ b/acceptance/telemetry/dummy/script
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ echo "waiting for telemetry process to finish"
 # Wait for the child telemetry process to finish
 wait_file ./telemetry.pid
 wait_pid $(cat ./telemetry.pid)
+
+# cleanup the pid file
+rm -f ./telemetry.pid