diff --git a/test/fixtures/programmatic/curated-plugins/_setup.js b/test/fixtures/programmatic/curated-plugins/_setup.js
index fb374507b1c..f075ebc2aa8 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/programmatic/curated-plugins/_setup.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/programmatic/curated-plugins/_setup.js
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const fsp = require('fs').promises;
 
-const slsDependencyDir = path.resolve(__dirname, 'node_modules/serverless');
+const nodeModulesDir = path.resolve(__dirname, 'node_modules');
 
 // Ensure to remove "serverless" installed as peer-dependency to avoid local fallback
-module.exports = async () => fsp.rm(slsDependencyDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+module.exports = async () =>
+  Promise.all([
+    fsp.rm(path.resolve(nodeModulesDir, 'serverless'), { recursive: true, force: true }),
+    fsp.unlink(path.resolve(nodeModulesDir, '.bin/serverless')).catch(() => {}),
+    fsp.unlink(path.resolve(nodeModulesDir, '.bin/sls')).catch(() => {}),
+  ]);