diff --git a/cmd/restic/integration_fuse_test.go b/cmd/restic/integration_fuse_test.go
index 897e1fc75..f9e75ce66 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/integration_fuse_test.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/integration_fuse_test.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func cmdMount(t testing.TB, global GlobalOptions, dir string, ready, done chan s
 	cmd := &CmdMount{global: &global, ready: ready, done: done}
 	OK(t, cmd.Execute([]string{dir}))
 	if TestCleanup {
-		OK(t, os.RemoveAll(dir))
+		RemoveAll(t, dir)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func TestMount(t *testing.T) {
 		OK(t, err)
 
 		// We remove the mountpoint now to check that cmdMount creates it
-		OK(t, os.RemoveAll(mountpoint))
+		RemoveAll(t, mountpoint)
 
 		ready := make(chan struct{}, 1)
 		done := make(chan struct{})
diff --git a/cmd/restic/integration_helpers_test.go b/cmd/restic/integration_helpers_test.go
index 6fd90ac3f..07d64af3b 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/integration_helpers_test.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/integration_helpers_test.go
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ func cleanupTempdir(t testing.TB, tempdir string) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	OK(t, os.RemoveAll(tempdir))
+	RemoveAll(t, tempdir)
 }
 
 // withTestEnvironment creates a test environment and calls f with it. After f has
@@ -245,5 +245,5 @@ func withTestEnvironment(t testing.TB, f func(*testEnvironment, GlobalOptions))
 		return
 	}
 
-	OK(t, os.RemoveAll(tempdir))
+	RemoveAll(t, tempdir)
 }
diff --git a/node_test.go b/node_test.go
index f6104b49b..4eaa014fe 100644
--- a/node_test.go
+++ b/node_test.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func TestNodeRestoreAt(t *testing.T) {
 
 	defer func() {
 		if TestCleanup {
-			OK(t, os.RemoveAll(tempdir))
+			RemoveAll(t, tempdir)
 		} else {
 			t.Logf("leaving tempdir at %v", tempdir)
 		}
diff --git a/test/helpers.go b/test/helpers.go
index f04ac24ac..1b09b7a0e 100644
--- a/test/helpers.go
+++ b/test/helpers.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ func Equals(tb testing.TB, exp, act interface{}) {
 	}
 }
 
+// ParseID parses s as a backend.ID and panics if that fails.
 func ParseID(s string) backend.ID {
 	id, err := backend.ParseID(s)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ func WithTestEnvironment(t testing.TB, repoFixture string, f func(repodir string
 		return
 	}
 
-	OK(t, os.RemoveAll(tempdir))
+	RemoveAll(t, tempdir)
 }
 
 // OpenLocalRepo opens the local repository located at dir.
@@ -137,3 +138,31 @@ func OpenLocalRepo(t testing.TB, dir string) *repository.Repository {
 
 	return repo
 }
+
+func isFile(fi os.FileInfo) bool {
+	return fi.Mode()&(os.ModeType|os.ModeCharDevice) == 0
+}
+
+// ResetReadOnly recursively resets the read-only flag recursively for dir.
+// This is mainly used for tests on Windows, which is unable to delete a file
+// set read-only.
+func ResetReadOnly(t testing.TB, dir string) {
+	OK(t, filepath.Walk(dir, func(path string, fi os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		if fi.IsDir() {
+			return os.Chmod(path, 0777)
+		}
+
+		if isFile(fi) {
+			return os.Chmod(path, 0666)
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}))
+}
+
+// RemoveAll recursively resets the read-only flag of all files and dirs and
+// afterwards uses os.RemoveAll() to remove the path.
+func RemoveAll(t testing.TB, path string) {
+	ResetReadOnly(t, path)
+	OK(t, os.RemoveAll(path))
+}
diff --git a/tree_test.go b/tree_test.go
index 2d9cb7b7e..725e80b14 100644
--- a/tree_test.go
+++ b/tree_test.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func TestTree(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := createTempDir(t)
 	defer func() {
 		if TestCleanup {
-			OK(t, os.RemoveAll(dir))
+			RemoveAll(t, dir)
 		}
 	}()
 }