diff --git a/acceptance/telemetry/upload-fails/script b/acceptance/telemetry/upload-fails/script
index 95b338063..a140f0842 100644
--- a/acceptance/telemetry/upload-fails/script
+++ b/acceptance/telemetry/upload-fails/script
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ trace $CLI selftest send-telemetry
 wait_pid.py $(cat ./telemetry.pid)
 
 # cleanup the pid file
-rm -f ./telemetry.pid
+rm ./telemetry.pid
diff --git a/acceptance/telemetry/upload-succeeds-integration/script b/acceptance/telemetry/upload-succeeds-integration/script
index 4631b91aa..5f29f560f 100644
--- a/acceptance/telemetry/upload-succeeds-integration/script
+++ b/acceptance/telemetry/upload-succeeds-integration/script
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ echo "waiting for telemetry process to finish"
 wait_pid.py $(cat ./telemetry.pid)
 
 # cleanup the pid file
-rm -f ./telemetry.pid
+rm ./telemetry.pid
diff --git a/acceptance/telemetry/upload-succeeds-oauth/script b/acceptance/telemetry/upload-succeeds-oauth/script
index f3c8b13a4..cc958c30a 100644
--- a/acceptance/telemetry/upload-succeeds-oauth/script
+++ b/acceptance/telemetry/upload-succeeds-oauth/script
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ echo "waiting for telemetry process to finish"
 wait_pid.py $(cat ./telemetry.pid)
 
 # cleanup the pid file
-rm -f ./telemetry.pid
+rm ./telemetry.pid
diff --git a/acceptance/telemetry/upload-succeeds/script b/acceptance/telemetry/upload-succeeds/script
index 4631b91aa..5f29f560f 100644
--- a/acceptance/telemetry/upload-succeeds/script
+++ b/acceptance/telemetry/upload-succeeds/script
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ echo "waiting for telemetry process to finish"
 wait_pid.py $(cat ./telemetry.pid)
 
 # cleanup the pid file
-rm -f ./telemetry.pid
+rm ./telemetry.pid
diff --git a/acceptance/telemetry/upload-timeout/script b/acceptance/telemetry/upload-timeout/script
index e2cd080c1..def1af347 100644
--- a/acceptance/telemetry/upload-timeout/script
+++ b/acceptance/telemetry/upload-timeout/script
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ echo "waiting for telemetry process to finish"
 wait_pid.py $(cat ./telemetry.pid)
 
 # cleanup the pid file
-rm -f ./telemetry.pid
+rm ./telemetry.pid