diff --git a/src/Orchard.Specs/Bindings/WebAppHosting.cs b/src/Orchard.Specs/Bindings/WebAppHosting.cs
index 41ff6f62e..2d2222dfc 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Specs/Bindings/WebAppHosting.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Specs/Bindings/WebAppHosting.cs
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ namespace Orchard.Specs.Bindings {
 
         [BeforeTestRun]
         public static void BeforeTestRun() {
-            if ( _orchardTemp.Exists ) {
-                _orchardTemp.Delete(true).CreateDirectory();
-            }
+            try { _orchardTemp.Delete(true).CreateDirectory(); } catch {}
         }
 
         [AfterTestRun]
         public static void AfterTestRun() {
-            _orchardTemp.Delete(true); // <- try to clear any stragglers on the way out
+            try {
+                _orchardTemp.Delete(true); // <- try to clear any stragglers on the way out
+            } catch {}
         }
 
         [AfterScenario]
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Specs/Hosting/WebHost.cs b/src/Orchard.Specs/Hosting/WebHost.cs
index d2158b64b..38e2a97ab 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Specs/Hosting/WebHost.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Specs/Hosting/WebHost.cs
@@ -18,17 +18,16 @@ namespace Orchard.Specs.Hosting {
         }
 
         void WebHostCleanup(object sender, EventArgs e) {
-            _tempSite.Delete(true); // <- try to clean up after the appdomain unloads (still not guaranteed to get everything - probably overkill - might go away)
+            try {
+                _tempSite.Delete(true); // <- try to clean up after the appdomain unloads (still not guaranteed to get everything - probably overkill - might go away)
+            } catch{}
         }
 
         public void Initialize(string templateName, string virtualDirectory) {
             var baseDir = Path.Get(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory);
 
             _tempSite = Path.Get(_orchardTemp).Combine(System.IO.Path.GetRandomFileName());
-            if(_tempSite.Exists) {
-                _tempSite.Delete();
-            }
-
+            try { _tempSite.Delete(); } catch {}
             _tempSite.CreateDirectory();
 
             // Trying the two known relative paths to the Orchard.Web directory.