diff --git a/accumulo-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/atsid/mojo/testservers/BaseAccumuloServerMojo.java b/accumulo-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/atsid/mojo/testservers/BaseAccumuloServerMojo.java
index 6124439..b0eb8aa 100644
--- a/accumulo-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/atsid/mojo/testservers/BaseAccumuloServerMojo.java
+++ b/accumulo-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/atsid/mojo/testservers/BaseAccumuloServerMojo.java
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ public void shutdown() throws Exception {
             getLog().info(
                     "Scheduling directory for deletion: "
                             + this.hdfsTemporaryDirectory.getAbsolutePath());
-            FileUtils.forceDeleteOnExit(hdfsTemporaryDirectory);
+            FileUtils.forceDelete(hdfsTemporaryDirectory);
 		} catch (IOException e) {
 			throw new MojoExecutionException(
 					"Error deleting Accumulo temporary directory", e);