diff --git a/cloud-language/snippets/slackbot/system-test/controller.test.js b/cloud-language/snippets/slackbot/system-test/controller.test.js
index 267bf27ae3..715cc037eb 100644
--- a/cloud-language/snippets/slackbot/system-test/controller.test.js
+++ b/cloud-language/snippets/slackbot/system-test/controller.test.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ test.before((t) => {
   });
 });
 
-test.after((t) => {
+test.after.always((t) => {
   process.env.SLACK_TOKEN_PATH = originalToken;
   try {
     fs.unlinkSync(SLACK_TOKEN_PATH);
diff --git a/cloud-language/snippets/slackbot/system-test/demo_bot.test.js b/cloud-language/snippets/slackbot/system-test/demo_bot.test.js
index 7c08120592..c29ba507b1 100644
--- a/cloud-language/snippets/slackbot/system-test/demo_bot.test.js
+++ b/cloud-language/snippets/slackbot/system-test/demo_bot.test.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ test.before.cb((t) => {
   });
 });
 
-test.after.cb((t) => {
+test.after.cb.always((t) => {
   fs.unlink(DB_PATH, (err) => {
     if (err) {
       t.end(err);
diff --git a/cloud-language/snippets/system-test/analyze.test.js b/cloud-language/snippets/system-test/analyze.test.js
index 16560e87c5..dceebfda51 100644
--- a/cloud-language/snippets/system-test/analyze.test.js
+++ b/cloud-language/snippets/system-test/analyze.test.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ test.before(async () => {
   await bucket.upload(localFilePath);
 });
 
-test.after(async () => {
+test.after.always(async () => {
   const bucket = storage.bucket(bucketName);
   await bucket.deleteFiles({ force: true });
   await bucket.deleteFiles({ force: true }); // Try a second time...
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ test.after(async () => {
 });
 
 test.beforeEach(stubConsole);
-test.afterEach(restoreConsole);
+test.afterEach.always(restoreConsole);
 
 test(`should run sync recognize`, async (t) => {
   const output = await runAsync(`${cmd} sentiment-text "${text}"`, cwd);
diff --git a/cloud-language/snippets/system-test/quickstart.test.js b/cloud-language/snippets/system-test/quickstart.test.js
index 41cfb414d3..3fea05ff7f 100644
--- a/cloud-language/snippets/system-test/quickstart.test.js
+++ b/cloud-language/snippets/system-test/quickstart.test.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const proxyquire = require(`proxyquire`).noPreserveCache();
 const language = proxyquire(`@google-cloud/language`, {})();
 
 test.beforeEach(stubConsole);
-test.afterEach(restoreConsole);
+test.afterEach.always(restoreConsole);
 
 test.cb(`should detect sentiment`, (t) => {
   const expectedText = `Hello, world!`;