diff --git a/x/genutil/collect_test.go b/x/genutil/collect_test.go
index fa18cd6f58..7c93df89c2 100644
--- a/x/genutil/collect_test.go
+++ b/x/genutil/collect_test.go
@@ -36,11 +36,7 @@ func (dni *doNothingIterator) IterateGenesisBalances(_ codec.JSONCodec, _ map[st
 // Ensures that CollectTx correctly traverses directories and won't error out on encountering
 // a directory during traversal of the first level. See issue https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/6788.
 func TestCollectTxsHandlesDirectories(t *testing.T) {
-	testDir, err := os.MkdirTemp(os.TempDir(), "testCollectTxs")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	defer os.RemoveAll(testDir)
+	testDir := t.TempDir()
 
 	// 1. We'll insert a directory as the first element before JSON file.
 	subDirPath := filepath.Join(testDir, "_adir")