diff --git a/unittests/test_pipeline.py b/unittests/test_pipeline.py
index ea5d93b008..7faa8f8c1c 100644
--- a/unittests/test_pipeline.py
+++ b/unittests/test_pipeline.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         # Set runtime prefix
         rt.runtime().resources.prefix = tempfile.mkdtemp(dir='unittests')
 
-    def _tearDown(self):
+    def tearDown(self):
         os_ext.rmtree(rt.runtime().resources.prefix)
         os_ext.rmtree('.rfm_testing', ignore_errors=True)