diff --git a/.github/actions/e2e_cleanup_timeframe/e2e-cleanup.sh b/.github/actions/e2e_cleanup_timeframe/e2e-cleanup.sh
index 058637ae5..dc329a297 100755
--- a/.github/actions/e2e_cleanup_timeframe/e2e-cleanup.sh
+++ b/.github/actions/e2e_cleanup_timeframe/e2e-cleanup.sh
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ for directory in ./terraform-state-*; do
   delete_resources "$directory"
   echo "    deleting IAM configuration in $directory"
   delete_iam_config "$directory"
+  echo "    deleting directory $directory"
+  rm -rf "$directory"
 done
 
 exit 0