diff --git a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
index da71fa8..56e928e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
@@ -113,12 +113,9 @@
                 ):
                 if os.path.exists(path):
                     os.remove(path)
-            for path in (
-                    os.path.join(src_dir, 'test_dir'),
-                    os.path.join(dst_dir, 'test_dir'),
-                ):
+            for path in (src_dir, os.path.join(dst_dir, os.path.pardir)):
                 if os.path.exists(path):
-                    os.removedirs(path)
+                    shutil.rmtree(path)
 
 
     if hasattr(os, "symlink"):