diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
index 9a4f5f11e2..6300f563f2 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ class FetcherTest(unittest.TestCase):
         if os.environ.get("BB_TMPDIR_NOCLEAN") == "yes":
             print("Not cleaning up %s. Please remove manually." % self.tempdir)
         else:
+            bb.process.run('chmod u+rw -R %s' % self.tempdir)
             bb.utils.prunedir(self.tempdir)
 
 class MirrorUriTest(FetcherTest):
@@ -1538,6 +1539,7 @@ class GitShallowTest(FetcherTest):
 
         # fetch and unpack, from the shallow tarball
         bb.utils.remove(self.gitdir, recurse=True)
+        bb.process.run('chmod u+w -R "%s"' % ud.clonedir)
         bb.utils.remove(ud.clonedir, recurse=True)
         bb.utils.remove(ud.clonedir.replace('gitsource', 'gitsubmodule'), recurse=True)
 
@@ -1767,7 +1769,7 @@ class GitShallowTest(FetcherTest):
             open(os.path.join(self.srcdir, 'c'), 'w').close()
             self.git('annex add c', cwd=self.srcdir)
             self.git('commit --author "Foo Bar <foo@bar>" -m annex-c -a', cwd=self.srcdir)
-            bb.process.run('chmod u+w -R %s' % os.path.join(self.srcdir, '.git', 'annex'))
+            bb.process.run('chmod u+w -R %s' % self.srcdir)
 
             uri = 'gitannex://%s;protocol=file;subdir=${S}' % self.srcdir
             fetcher, ud = self.fetch_shallow(uri)