diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Tests/Iterator/RealIteratorTestCase.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Tests/Iterator/RealIteratorTestCase.php
index 94253c7ee7..4f274e2d12 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Tests/Iterator/RealIteratorTestCase.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Tests/Iterator/RealIteratorTestCase.php
@@ -60,11 +60,20 @@ abstract class RealIteratorTestCase extends IteratorTestCase
 
     public static function tearDownAfterClass()
     {
-        foreach (array_reverse(self::$files) as $file) {
-            if (DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR === $file[strlen($file) - 1]) {
-                @rmdir($file);
+        $paths = new \RecursiveIteratorIterator(
+             new \RecursiveDirectoryIterator(self::$tmpDir, \RecursiveDirectoryIterator::SKIP_DOTS),
+             \RecursiveIteratorIterator::CHILD_FIRST
+         );
+
+        foreach ($paths as $path) {
+            if ($path->isDir()) {
+                if ($path->isLink()) {
+                    @unlink($path);
+                } else {
+                    @rmdir($path);
+                }
             } else {
-                @unlink($file);
+                @unlink($path);
             }
         }
     }