diff --git a/tests/smoke/k8s b/tests/smoke/k8s
index eba52826..fc191415 100755
--- a/tests/smoke/k8s
+++ b/tests/smoke/k8s
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ ASSETS_DIR="${ASSETS_DIR:-$PWD/examples/assets}"
 source "${DIR}/common"
 
 main() {
+  rm -rf $ASSETS_DIR/tls
   cleanup
   ./scripts/get-kubectl
   ./scripts/tls/k8s-certgen -d $ASSETS_DIR/tls