diff --git a/hack/jenkins/windows_integration_setup.ps1 b/hack/jenkins/windows_integration_setup.ps1
index e36def6b45..510cccbfc3 100644
--- a/hack/jenkins/windows_integration_setup.ps1
+++ b/hack/jenkins/windows_integration_setup.ps1
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ $env:KUBECONFIG="$test_home\kubeconfig"
 $env:MINIKUBE_HOME="$test_home\.minikube"
 
 # delete in case previous test was unexpectedly ended and teardown wasn't run
-rm -r $test_home
+rm -r -Force $test_home
 mkdir -p $test_home
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/windows_integration_teardown.ps1 b/hack/jenkins/windows_integration_teardown.ps1
index bd838bfcf6..2dc1248f7e 100644
--- a/hack/jenkins/windows_integration_teardown.ps1
+++ b/hack/jenkins/windows_integration_teardown.ps1
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 $test_home="$env:HOMEDRIVE$env:HOMEPATH\minikube-integration"
 
-rm -r $test_home
+rm -r -Force $test_home