diff --git a/testsuite/integration/vdx/src/test/java/org/wildfly/test/integration/vdx/TestBase.java b/testsuite/integration/vdx/src/test/java/org/wildfly/test/integration/vdx/TestBase.java
index b5a3263a961f..2502bf667ff2 100644
--- a/testsuite/integration/vdx/src/test/java/org/wildfly/test/integration/vdx/TestBase.java
+++ b/testsuite/integration/vdx/src/test/java/org/wildfly/test/integration/vdx/TestBase.java
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@
 import org.wildfly.test.integration.vdx.utils.server.ServerBase;
 import org.wildfly.test.integration.vdx.utils.server.Server;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ private void archiveServerLogAndDeleteIt(Path pathToArchiveDirectory) throws Exc
 
         // copy server.log files for standalone or host-controller.log for domain
         Files.copy(container().getServerLogPath(), pathToArchiveDirectory.resolve(container().getServerLogPath().getFileName()), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
-        Files.delete(container().getServerLogPath());
+        deleteFile(container().getServerLogPath(), 5000);
     }
 
     private void createAndSetTestArchiveDirectoryToContainer(Path testArchiveDirectory) throws Exception {
@@ -86,4 +88,19 @@ private void createAndSetTestArchiveDirectoryToContainer(Path testArchiveDirecto
         }
         container().setTestArchiveDirectory(testArchiveDirectory);
     }
+
+    private void deleteFile(Path path, int timeout) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        long done = System.currentTimeMillis() + timeout;
+        while (true) {
+            try {
+                Files.delete(path);
+                break;
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                if (System.currentTimeMillis() > done) {
+                    throw e;
+                }
+            }
+            TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.sleep(500);
+        }
+    }
 }