diff --git a/roles/fetch-subunit-output/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/fetch-subunit-output/tasks/main.yaml
index 741b5a2c7..1e2a1c7ba 100644
--- a/roles/fetch-subunit-output/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/fetch-subunit-output/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
       file:
         name: "{{ temp_subunit_file.path }}"
         state: absent
-      ignore_errors: true
+      failed_when: false
 
     - name: Process and fetch subunit results
       include: process.yaml