diff --git a/tools/test_build_system/test_build.py b/tools/test_build_system/test_build.py
index 5529aab277..bcc2d73527 100644
--- a/tools/test_build_system/test_build.py
+++ b/tools/test_build_system/test_build.py
@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
 import logging
 import os
+import shutil
 import stat
 import sys
 import textwrap
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import List, Union
+from typing import List
+from typing import Union
 
 import pytest
-from test_build_system_helpers import (APP_BINS, BOOTLOADER_BINS, PARTITION_BIN, IdfPyFunc, append_to_file,
-                                       file_contains, get_idf_build_env, replace_in_file, run_cmake_and_build)
+from test_build_system_helpers import APP_BINS
+from test_build_system_helpers import append_to_file
+from test_build_system_helpers import BOOTLOADER_BINS
+from test_build_system_helpers import file_contains
+from test_build_system_helpers import get_idf_build_env
+from test_build_system_helpers import IdfPyFunc
+from test_build_system_helpers import PARTITION_BIN
+from test_build_system_helpers import replace_in_file
+from test_build_system_helpers import run_cmake_and_build
 
 
 def assert_built(paths: Union[List[str], List[Path]]) -> None:
@@ -22,11 +30,16 @@ def assert_built(paths: Union[List[str], List[Path]]) -> None:
 def test_build_alternative_directories(idf_py: IdfPyFunc, func_work_dir: Path, test_app_copy: Path) -> None:
     logging.info('Moving BUILD_DIR_BASE out of tree')
     alt_build_dir = func_work_dir / 'alt_build'
-    idf_py('-B', str(alt_build_dir), 'build')
-    assert os.listdir(alt_build_dir) != [], 'No files found in new build directory!'
-    default_build_dir = test_app_copy / 'build'
-    if default_build_dir.exists():
-        assert os.listdir(default_build_dir) == [], f'Some files were incorrectly put into the default build directory: {default_build_dir}'
+    try:
+        idf_py('-B', str(alt_build_dir), 'build')
+        assert os.listdir(alt_build_dir) != [], 'No files found in new build directory!'
+        default_build_dir = test_app_copy / 'build'
+        if default_build_dir.exists():
+            assert os.listdir(default_build_dir) == [], f'Some files were incorrectly put into the default build directory: {default_build_dir}'
+    except Exception:
+        raise
+    else:
+        shutil.rmtree(alt_build_dir)
 
     logging.info('BUILD_DIR_BASE inside default build directory')
     build_subdir_inside_build_dir = default_build_dir / 'subdirectory'
@@ -120,7 +133,7 @@ def test_build_compiler_flag_in_source_file(idf_py: IdfPyFunc, test_app_copy: Pa
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures('test_app_copy')
 def test_build_compiler_flags_no_overwriting(idf_py: IdfPyFunc) -> None:
     logging.info('Compiler flags cannot be overwritten')
-    # If the compiler flags are overriden, the following build command will
+    # If the compiler flags are overridden, the following build command will
     # cause issues at link time.
     idf_py('build', '-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=', '-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=')
 
diff --git a/tools/test_build_system/test_common.py b/tools/test_build_system/test_common.py
index 515acce6f9..affc60bdf8 100644
--- a/tools/test_build_system/test_common.py
+++ b/tools/test_build_system/test_common.py
@@ -46,18 +46,6 @@ def test_compile_commands_json_updated_by_reconfigure(idf_py: IdfPyFunc) -> None
     snapshot_3.assert_different(snapshot_2)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.usefixtures('test_app_copy')
-def test_of_test_app_copy(idf_py: IdfPyFunc) -> None:
-    p = Path('main/idf_component.yml')
-    p.write_text('syntax_error\n')
-    try:
-        with (pytest.raises(subprocess.CalledProcessError)) as exc_info:
-            idf_py('reconfigure')
-        assert 'ERROR: Unknown format of the manifest file:' in exc_info.value.stderr
-    finally:
-        p.unlink()
-
-
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures('test_app_copy')
 def test_hints_no_color_output_when_noninteractive(idf_py: IdfPyFunc) -> None:
     """Check that idf.py hints don't include color escape codes in non-interactive builds"""
@@ -252,11 +240,20 @@ def test_create_project_with_idf_readonly(idf_copy: Path) -> None:
             for name in files:
                 path = os.path.join(root, name)
                 if '/bin/' in path:
-                    continue  # skip excutables
+                    continue  # skip executables
                 os.chmod(os.path.join(root, name), 0o444)  # readonly
     logging.info('Check that command for creating new project will success if the IDF itself is readonly.')
     change_to_readonly(idf_copy)
-    run_idf_py('create-project', '--path', str(idf_copy / 'example_proj'), 'temp_test_project')
+    try:
+        run_idf_py('create-project', '--path', str(idf_copy / 'example_proj'), 'temp_test_project')
+    except Exception:
+        raise
+    else:
+        def del_rw(function, path, excinfo):  # type: ignore
+            os.chmod(path, stat.S_IWRITE)
+            os.remove(path)
+
+        shutil.rmtree(idf_copy, onerror=del_rw)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures('test_app_copy')