diff --git a/src/test/java/hudson/plugins/scm_sync_configuration/util/ScmSyncConfigurationBaseTest.java b/src/test/java/hudson/plugins/scm_sync_configuration/util/ScmSyncConfigurationBaseTest.java
index 2bef1afe..4bd138ee 100644
--- a/src/test/java/hudson/plugins/scm_sync_configuration/util/ScmSyncConfigurationBaseTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/hudson/plugins/scm_sync_configuration/util/ScmSyncConfigurationBaseTest.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
@@ -143,9 +144,7 @@ protected String getHudsonRootBaseTemplate(){
     }
 
     protected static File createTmpDirectory(String directoryPrefix) throws IOException {
-        final File temp = File.createTempFile(directoryPrefix, Long.toString(System.nanoTime()));
-        if(!(temp.delete())) { throw new IOException("Could not delete temp file: " + temp.getAbsolutePath()); }
-        if(!(temp.mkdir())) { throw new IOException("Could not create temp directory: " + temp.getAbsolutePath()); }
+        final File temp = Files.createTempDirectory(directoryPrefix + Long.toString(System.nanoTime())).toFile();
         return (temp);
     }