diff --git a/cmd/restic/integration_helpers_test.go b/cmd/restic/integration_helpers_test.go
index 857096c58..734d974c1 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/integration_helpers_test.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/integration_helpers_test.go
@@ -216,3 +216,13 @@ func withTestEnvironment(t testing.TB, f func(*testEnvironment, GlobalOptions))
 
 	RemoveAll(t, tempdir)
 }
+
+// removeFile resets the read-only flag and then deletes the file.
+func removeFile(fn string) error {
+	err := os.Chmod(fn, 0666)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return os.Remove(fn)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/restic/integration_test.go b/cmd/restic/integration_test.go
index baf12fe02..263f6cd16 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/integration_test.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/integration_test.go
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ func TestOptimizeRemoveUnusedBlobs(t *testing.T) {
 			SetupTarTestFixture(t, env.base, test.testFilename)
 
 			for id := range test.snapshots {
-				OK(t, os.Remove(filepath.Join(env.repo, "snapshots", id.String())))
+				OK(t, removeFile(filepath.Join(env.repo, "snapshots", id.String())))
 			}
 
 			cmdOptimize(t, global)