diff --git a/packages/e2e-test/src/commands/run.ts b/packages/e2e-test/src/commands/run.ts
index ef4670e2ce..c205b4f527 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-test/src/commands/run.ts
+++ b/packages/e2e-test/src/commands/run.ts
@@ -72,8 +72,14 @@ export async function run() {
     print('Testing the backend startup');
     await testBackendStart(appDir, isPostgres);
 
-    print('All tests successful, removing test dir');
-    await fs.remove(rootDir);
+    if (process.env.CI) {
+      // Cleanup actually takes significant time, so skip it in CI since the
+      // runner will be destroyed anyway
+      print('All tests successful');
+    } else {
+      print('All tests successful, removing test dir');
+      await fs.remove(rootDir);
+    }
 
     // Just in case some child process was left hanging
     process.exit(0);