diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/repository.py b/src/borg/testsuite/repository.py
index b537ccc81..ae82f4a95 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/repository.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/repository.py
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class RepositoryTestCase(RepositoryTestCaseBase):
         self.assert_equal(self.repository.get(H(0)), max_data)
         self.assert_raises(IntegrityError,
                            lambda: self.repository.put(H(1), max_data + b'x'))
-
+        self.repository.delete(H(0))
 
 class LocalRepositoryTestCase(RepositoryTestCaseBase):
     # test case that doesn't work with remote repositories