diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/TargetArtifacts/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/TargetArtifacts/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index 54510b0332..2b5c4b8573 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/TargetArtifacts/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/TargetArtifacts/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -2,18 +2,14 @@ include(RunCMake)
 
 function(run_cmake_and_verify_after_build case)
   set(RunCMake_TEST_BINARY_DIR "${RunCMake_BINARY_DIR}/${case}-build")
-  file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${RunCMake_TEST_BINARY_DIR}")
-  file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${RunCMake_TEST_BINARY_DIR}")
-  set(RunCMake_TEST_NO_CLEAN 1)
   if(RunCMake_GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG)
     set(RunCMake_TEST_OPTIONS -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES=Debug)
   else()
     set(RunCMake_TEST_OPTIONS -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug)
   endif()
   run_cmake(${case})
+  set(RunCMake_TEST_NO_CLEAN 1)
   run_cmake_command("${case}-build" ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build .)
-  unset(RunCMake_TEST_NO_CLEAN)
-  unset(RunCMake_TEST_BINARY_DIR)
 endfunction()
 
 run_cmake_and_verify_after_build(OutputDirs)