diff --git a/middlewares/tailwind/tailwind.test.ts b/middlewares/tailwind/tailwind.test.ts
index f231e6bf..315624bf 100644
--- a/middlewares/tailwind/tailwind.test.ts
+++ b/middlewares/tailwind/tailwind.test.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ Deno.test("tailwind middleware serves css in development when tailwind.css exist
     } catch (_) {
       // ignore
     }
+    try {
+      await Deno.remove(Deno.cwd() + "/static/css/tailwind.css");
+    } catch (_) {
+      // ignore
+    }
   }
 });
 
@@ -143,6 +148,11 @@ Deno.test("tailwind middleware serves css from cache on second request", async (
     } catch (_) {
       // ignore
     }
+    try {
+      await Deno.remove(Deno.cwd() + "/static/css/tailwind.css");
+    } catch (_) {
+      // ignore
+    }
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/static/css/tailwind.css b/static/css/tailwind.css
deleted file mode 100644
index a461c505..00000000
--- a/static/css/tailwind.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-@import "tailwindcss";
\ No newline at end of file