diff --git a/jobs/pipelines/deploy-cicd-and-run-tests.groovy b/jobs/pipelines/deploy-cicd-and-run-tests.groovy
index 5b4c174..172583e 100644
--- a/jobs/pipelines/deploy-cicd-and-run-tests.groovy
+++ b/jobs/pipelines/deploy-cicd-and-run-tests.groovy
@@ -166,6 +166,13 @@
                 archiveArtifacts artifacts: "**/*.xml,**/*.ini,**/*.log,**/*.tar.gz"
                 }
         }
+        // delete directory with artifacts from swarm-run-pytest pipeline
+        // for excluding xml duplicates
+        if (fileExists("tmp")) {
+            shared.run_cmd("""\
+                    rm -rf tmp/
+            """)
+        }
 
         if ("${env.REPORT_TO_TESTRAIL}" != "false") {
             stage("report results to testrail from jenkins master") {