diff --git a/tests/unit/app-json.bats b/tests/unit/app-json.bats
index d7f9a24fb..d76060475 100644
--- a/tests/unit/app-json.bats
+++ b/tests/unit/app-json.bats
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ teardown() {
   CID=$(docker ps -a -q  -f "ancestor=dokku/${TEST_APP}" -f "label=dokku_phase_script=postdeploy")
   DOCKER_COMMIT_LABEL_ARGS=("--change" "LABEL org.label-schema.schema-version=1.0" "--change" "LABEL org.label-schema.vendor=dokku" "--change" "LABEL com.dokku.app-name=$TEST_APP")
   IMAGE_ID=$(docker commit "${DOCKER_COMMIT_LABEL_ARGS[@]}" $CID dokku-test/${TEST_APP})
-  run /bin/bash -c "docker run -ti $IMAGE_ID ls /app/postdeploy.test"
+  run /bin/bash -c "docker run --rm -ti $IMAGE_ID ls /app/postdeploy.test"
   echo "output: $output"
   echo "status: $status"
   assert_success