diff --git a/src/src/localauthmiddleware.cpp b/src/src/localauthmiddleware.cpp
index 9ed4aed..07b0fe7 100644
--- a/src/src/localauthmiddleware.cpp
+++ b/src/src/localauthmiddleware.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ LocalAuthMiddlewarePrivate::LocalAuthMiddlewarePrivate(QObject *parent)
     updateFile();
 }
 
+LocalAuthMiddlewarePrivate::~LocalAuthMiddlewarePrivate()
+{
+    file.remove();
+}
+
 void LocalAuthMiddlewarePrivate::updateFile()
 {
     if (file.open()) {
diff --git a/src/src/localauthmiddleware_p.h b/src/src/localauthmiddleware_p.h
index 06d63bc..8e1b5ca 100644
--- a/src/src/localauthmiddleware_p.h
+++ b/src/src/localauthmiddleware_p.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class LocalAuthMiddlewarePrivate : public QObject
 public:
 
     explicit LocalAuthMiddlewarePrivate(QObject *parent);
+    virtual ~LocalAuthMiddlewarePrivate();
 
     void updateFile();
 
diff --git a/tests/TestLocalAuthMiddleware.cpp b/tests/TestLocalAuthMiddleware.cpp
index 260d10f..09ae532 100644
--- a/tests/TestLocalAuthMiddleware.cpp
+++ b/tests/TestLocalAuthMiddleware.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QJsonDocument>
 #include <QJsonObject>
+#include <QScopedPointer>
 #include <QTest>
 #include <QVariantMap>
 
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ class TestLocalAuthMiddleware : public QObject
 private Q_SLOTS:
 
     void testAuth();
+    void testRemoval();
 };
 
 void TestLocalAuthMiddleware::testAuth()
@@ -75,5 +77,16 @@ void TestLocalAuthMiddleware::testAuth()
     QVERIFY(localAuth.process(&socket));
 }
 
+void TestLocalAuthMiddleware::testRemoval()
+{
+    QScopedPointer<QHttpEngine::LocalAuthMiddleware> localAuth(
+                new QHttpEngine::LocalAuthMiddleware);
+    QString filename = localAuth->filename();
+
+    QVERIFY(QFile::exists(filename));
+    delete localAuth.take();
+    QVERIFY(!QFile::exists(filename));
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(TestLocalAuthMiddleware)
 #include "TestLocalAuthMiddleware.moc"