diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/232 b/tests/qemu-iotests/232
index 0708b8b155..93e5d641a3 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/232
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/232
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ status=1	# failure is the default!
 _cleanup()
 {
     _cleanup_test_img
-    rm -f $TEST_IMG.snap
 }
 trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15