diff --git a/t/perf/p2000-sparse-operations.sh b/t/perf/p2000-sparse-operations.sh
index c181110a43931f..853513eb9bf3b5 100755
--- a/t/perf/p2000-sparse-operations.sh
+++ b/t/perf/p2000-sparse-operations.sh
@@ -123,5 +123,6 @@ test_perf_on_all git blame $SPARSE_CONE/f3/a
 test_perf_on_all git read-tree -mu HEAD
 test_perf_on_all git checkout-index -f --all
 test_perf_on_all git update-index --add --remove $SPARSE_CONE/a
+test_perf_on_all git rm -f $SPARSE_CONE/a
 
 test_done