diff --git a/spec/connect/client_spec.rb b/spec/connect/client_spec.rb
index c20c0662..a20503ff 100644
--- a/spec/connect/client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/connect/client_spec.rb
@@ -419,6 +419,7 @@
 
       it 'prints confirmation message on successful deregistration' do
         allow(subject.api).to receive(:deregister).with('Basic: encodedstring').and_return stubbed_response
+        allow(System).to receive(:cleanup!).and_return(true)
         SUSE::Connect::GlobalLogger.instance.log = string_logger
         expect(string_logger).to receive(:info).with('Successfully deregistered system.')