diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/EchoTest.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/EchoTest.java
index 4ec2cd2a8..8dda0a8fd 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/EchoTest.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/EchoTest.java
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ public class EchoTest extends BuildFileTest {
         configureProject("src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/echo.xml");
     }
 
+    public void tearDown() {
+        executeTarget("clean");
+    }
+
     // Output an empty String
     public void test1() {
         expectLog("test1", "");
@@ -69,4 +73,4 @@ public class EchoTest extends BuildFileTest {
     public void testUTF8Encoding() throws Exception {
         executeTarget("testUTF8Encoding");
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}