diff --git a/kitty_tests/__init__.py b/kitty_tests/__init__.py
index e45994884..8716f465e 100644
--- a/kitty_tests/__init__.py
+++ b/kitty_tests/__init__.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import io
 import os
 import select
 import shlex
+import shutil
 import signal
 import struct
 import sys
@@ -179,6 +180,12 @@ class BaseTest(TestCase):
     maxDiff = 2048
     is_ci = os.environ.get('CI') == 'true'
 
+    def rmtree_ignoring_errors(self, tdir):
+        try:
+            shutil.rmtree(tdir)
+        except FileNotFoundError as err:
+            print('Failed to delete the directory:', tdir, 'with error:', err, file=sys.stderr)
+
     def tearDown(self):
         set_options(None)
 
diff --git a/kitty_tests/file_transmission.py b/kitty_tests/file_transmission.py
index 80f28081b..a96ed4177 100644
--- a/kitty_tests/file_transmission.py
+++ b/kitty_tests/file_transmission.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import shutil
 import stat
 import tempfile
 from collections import namedtuple
-from contextlib import contextmanager, suppress
+from contextlib import contextmanager
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from kittens.transfer.rsync import Differ, Hasher, Patcher, parse_ftc
@@ -188,8 +188,7 @@ class TestFileTransmission(BaseTest):
         self.orig_home = os.environ.get('HOME')
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        with suppress(FileNotFoundError):
-            shutil.rmtree(self.tdir)
+        self.rmtree_ignoring_errors(self.tdir)
         self.responses = []
         if self.orig_home is None:
             os.environ.pop('HOME', None)
diff --git a/kitty_tests/fonts.py b/kitty_tests/fonts.py
index e5184c474..ed8cd5d55 100644
--- a/kitty_tests/fonts.py
+++ b/kitty_tests/fonts.py
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@
 # License: GPL v3 Copyright: 2017, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
 
 import os
-import shutil
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import unittest
-from contextlib import suppress
 from functools import partial
 
 from kitty.constants import is_macos, read_kitty_resource
@@ -35,8 +33,7 @@ class Rendering(BaseTest):
     def tearDown(self):
         self.test_ctx.__exit__()
         del self.sprites, self.cell_width, self.cell_height, self.test_ctx
-        with suppress(FileNotFoundError):
-            shutil.rmtree(self.tdir)
+        self.rmtree_ignoring_errors(self.tdir)
         super().tearDown()
 
     def test_sprite_map(self):