@@ -164,6 +164,17 @@ class UnityTestCase(AutopilotTestCase):
164164 if self._qml_mock_enabled:
165165 self._setup_extra_mock_environment_patch()
166166
167+ # FIXME: we shouldn't be doing this
168+ # $MIR_SOCKET, fallback to $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/mir_socket and /tmp/mir_socket as last resort
169+ try:
170+ os.unlink(os.getenv('MIR_SOCKET', os.path.join(os.getenv('XDG_RUNTIME_DIR', "/tmp"), "mir_socket")))
171+ except OSError:
172+ pass
173+ try:
174+ os.unlink("/tmp/mir_socket")
175+ except OSError:
176+ pass
177+
167178 app_proxy = self.launch_test_application(
168179 binary_path,
169180 *self.unity_geometry_args,