diff --git a/components/Blueprints/Steps/class-importcontentstep.php b/components/Blueprints/Steps/class-importcontentstep.php
index b09088560..490e61b89 100644
--- a/components/Blueprints/Steps/class-importcontentstep.php
+++ b/components/Blueprints/Steps/class-importcontentstep.php
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ private function importWxr( Runtime $runtime, array $content_definition, Tracker
 		$import_process  = $runtime->create_php_sub_process(
 			$importer_script .
 			<<<'PHP'
-<?php
+
 run_content_import([
 	'mode' => 'wxr',
 	'execution_context_root' => getenv('EXECUTION_CONTEXT') ? getenv('EXECUTION_CONTEXT') : null,
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ private function importWxr( Runtime $runtime, array $content_definition, Tracker
 	// @TODO: Support arbitrary media URLs to enable fetching assets during import.
 	// 'media_url' => 'https://pd.w.org/'
 ]);
-?>
 PHP
 			,
 			array(
diff --git a/components/Blueprints/class-runner.php b/components/Blueprints/class-runner.php
index 1daa3495a..e337a8b90 100644
--- a/components/Blueprints/class-runner.php
+++ b/components/Blueprints/class-runner.php
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 use WordPress\Blueprints\VersionStrings\WordPressVersion;
 use WordPress\ByteStream\ReadStream\FileReadStream;
 use WordPress\Filesystem\Filesystem;
+use WordPress\Filesystem\FilesystemException;
 use WordPress\Filesystem\InMemoryFilesystem;
 use WordPress\Filesystem\LocalFilesystem;
 use WordPress\HttpClient\ByteStream\RequestReadStream;
@@ -288,12 +289,16 @@ public function run(): void {
 			$progress->finish();
 		} finally {
 			// TODO: Optionally preserve workspace in case of error? Support resuming after error?
-			LocalFilesystem::create( $temp_root )->rmdir(
-				'/',
-				array(
-					'recursive' => true,
-				)
-			);
+			try {
+				LocalFilesystem::create( $temp_root )->rmdir(
+					'/',
+					array(
+						'recursive' => true,
+					)
+				);
+			} catch ( FilesystemException $exception ) {
+				// Do not fail or mask Blueprint execution because temporary cleanup failed.
+			}
 		}
 	}