diff --git a/typo3/sysext/impexp/Tests/Functional/Import/AbstractImportTestCase.php b/typo3/sysext/impexp/Tests/Functional/Import/AbstractImportTestCase.php
index 2953267031fcb8f22ca7f2fcb4f489906370eaa5..d648eb8d14ddce388e3828881aba54fa5577d2ee 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/impexp/Tests/Functional/Import/AbstractImportTestCase.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/impexp/Tests/Functional/Import/AbstractImportTestCase.php
@@ -44,8 +44,15 @@ abstract class AbstractImportTestCase extends \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Tests\Functional\D
 	protected $import;
 
 	/**
-	 * Set up for set up the backend user, initialize the language object
-	 * and creating the ImportExport instance
+	 * Absolute path to files that must be removed
+	 * after a test - handled in tearDown
+	 *
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	protected $testFilesToDelete = array();
+
+	/**
+	 * Set up for initialization of the ImportExport instance
 	 *
 	 * @return void
 	 */
@@ -56,6 +63,17 @@ abstract class AbstractImportTestCase extends \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Tests\Functional\D
 		$this->import->init(0, 'import');
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Tear down for remove of the test files
+	 */
+	public function tearDown() {
+		foreach ($this->testFilesToDelete as $absoluteFileName) {
+			if (@is_file($absoluteFileName)) {
+				unlink($absoluteFileName);
+			}
+		}
+		parent::tearDown();
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Test if the local filesystem is case sensitive
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/impexp/Tests/Functional/Import/GroupFileAndFileReferenceItem/ImportInEmptyDatabaseTest.php b/typo3/sysext/impexp/Tests/Functional/Import/GroupFileAndFileReferenceItem/ImportInEmptyDatabaseTest.php
index 9ccecf3f72d5aa02dc6a0e779161101f4ccb895e..1a0c9b2cbd1142451c48a1e999c084c9a90d108c 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/impexp/Tests/Functional/Import/GroupFileAndFileReferenceItem/ImportInEmptyDatabaseTest.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/impexp/Tests/Functional/Import/GroupFileAndFileReferenceItem/ImportInEmptyDatabaseTest.php
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ class ImportInEmptyDatabaseTest extends \TYPO3\CMS\Impexp\Tests\Functional\Impor
 
 		$this->assertFileEquals(__DIR__ . '/../../Fixtures/Folders/fileadmin/user_upload/typo3_image5.jpg', PATH_site . 'fileadmin/user_upload/typo3_image5.jpg');
 		$this->assertFileEquals(__DIR__ . '/../../Fixtures/Folders/uploads/tx_impexpgroupfiles/typo3_image4.jpg', PATH_site . 'uploads/tx_impexpgroupfiles/typo3_image4.jpg');
+
+		$this->testFilesToDelete[] = PATH_site . 'fileadmin/user_upload/typo3_image5.jpg';
+		$this->testFilesToDelete[] = PATH_site . 'uploads/tx_impexpgroupfiles/typo3_image4.jpg';
+
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -75,6 +79,9 @@ class ImportInEmptyDatabaseTest extends \TYPO3\CMS\Impexp\Tests\Functional\Impor
 
 		$this->assertFileEquals(__DIR__ . '/../../Fixtures/Folders/fileadmin/user_upload/typo3_image5.jpg', PATH_site . 'fileadmin/user_upload/typo3_image5.jpg');
 		$this->assertFileEquals(__DIR__ . '/../../Fixtures/Folders/uploads/tx_impexpgroupfiles/typo3_image4.jpg', PATH_site . 'uploads/tx_impexpgroupfiles/typo3_image4.jpg');
+
+		$this->testFilesToDelete[] = PATH_site . 'fileadmin/user_upload/typo3_image5.jpg';
+		$this->testFilesToDelete[] = PATH_site . 'uploads/tx_impexpgroupfiles/typo3_image4.jpg';
 	}
 
 }
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