Always try to delete the data file before and after the test.
This will hopefully avoid spurious failures if the file doesn't
have the proper permissions to write for some reason.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_io.py b/Lib/test/test_io.py
index 513e1f3..f0e79312 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_io.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_io.py
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@
 
 class IOTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
+    def setUp(self):
+        test_support.unlink(test_support.TESTFN)
+
     def tearDown(self):
         test_support.unlink(test_support.TESTFN)
 
@@ -619,6 +622,7 @@
     def setUp(self):
         self.testdata = b"AAA\r\nBBB\rCCC\r\nDDD\nEEE\r\n"
         self.normalized = b"AAA\nBBB\nCCC\nDDD\nEEE\n".decode("ascii")
+        test_support.unlink(test_support.TESTFN)
 
     def tearDown(self):
         test_support.unlink(test_support.TESTFN)