diff --git a/test/functional/feature_assumeutxo.py b/test/functional/feature_assumeutxo.py
index 90f597de176..fdcfd75bf14 100755
--- a/test/functional/feature_assumeutxo.py
+++ b/test/functional/feature_assumeutxo.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ The assumeutxo value generated and used here is committed to in
 `CRegTestParams::m_assumeutxo_data` in `src/kernel/chainparams.cpp`.
 """
 import contextlib
-from shutil import rmtree
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from test_framework.blocktools import (
@@ -192,7 +191,8 @@ class AssumeutxoTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         expected_error(log_msg=error_details, error_msg=expected_error_msg)
 
         # resurrect node again
-        rmtree(chainstate_snapshot_path)
+        (chainstate_snapshot_path / "base_blockhash").unlink()
+        chainstate_snapshot_path.rmdir()
         self.start_node(0)
 
     def test_invalid_mempool_state(self, dump_output_path):
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ class AssumeutxoTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         # Start test fresh by cleaning up node directories
         for node in (snapshot_node, ibd_node):
             self.stop_node(node.index)
-            rmtree(node.chain_path)
+            self.cleanup_folder(node.chain_path)
             self.start_node(node.index, extra_args=self.extra_args[node.index])
 
         # Sync-up headers chain on snapshot_node to load snapshot
diff --git a/test/functional/feature_blocksdir.py b/test/functional/feature_blocksdir.py
index 379c2bec166..629ba8f9efb 100755
--- a/test/functional/feature_blocksdir.py
+++ b/test/functional/feature_blocksdir.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 """Test the blocksdir option.
 """
 
-import shutil
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework, initialize_datadir
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ class BlocksdirTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         self.stop_node(0)
         assert self.nodes[0].blocks_path.is_dir()
         assert not (self.nodes[0].datadir_path / "blocks").is_dir()
-        shutil.rmtree(self.nodes[0].datadir_path)
+        self.cleanup_folder(self.nodes[0].datadir_path)
         initialize_datadir(self.options.tmpdir, 0, self.chain)
         self.log.info("Starting with nonexistent blocksdir ...")
         blocksdir_path = Path(self.options.tmpdir) / 'blocksdir'
diff --git a/test/functional/feature_coinstatsindex_compatibility.py b/test/functional/feature_coinstatsindex_compatibility.py
index 5031494fd8a..855dc74d82e 100755
--- a/test/functional/feature_coinstatsindex_compatibility.py
+++ b/test/functional/feature_coinstatsindex_compatibility.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class CoinStatsIndexTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
 
         self.log.info("Test that gettxoutsetinfo() output is consistent for the new index running on a datadir with the old version")
         self.stop_nodes()
-        shutil.rmtree(node.chain_path / "indexes" / "coinstatsindex")
+        self.cleanup_folder(node.chain_path / "indexes" / "coinstatsindex")
         shutil.copytree(legacy_node.chain_path / "indexes" / "coinstats", node.chain_path / "indexes" / "coinstats")
         old_version_path = node.chain_path / "indexes" / "coinstats"
         msg = f'[warning] Old version of coinstatsindex found at {old_version_path}. This folder can be safely deleted unless you plan to downgrade your node to version 29 or lower.'
diff --git a/test/functional/feature_init.py b/test/functional/feature_init.py
index 05a939c2b39..259e07b1869 100755
--- a/test/functional/feature_init.py
+++ b/test/functional/feature_init.py
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class InitTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
             start_expecting_error(err_fragment, startup_args)
 
             for dir in dirs:
-                shutil.rmtree(node.chain_path / dir)
+                self.cleanup_folder(node.chain_path / dir)
                 shutil.move(node.chain_path / f"{dir}_bak", node.chain_path / dir)
 
     def init_pid_test(self):
diff --git a/test/functional/feature_reindex_init.py b/test/functional/feature_reindex_init.py
index d2ef6c5e220..ef21e8a7ed4 100755
--- a/test/functional/feature_reindex_init.py
+++ b/test/functional/feature_reindex_init.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
 from test_framework.util import assert_equal
 import os
-import shutil
 
 
 class ReindexInitTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ class ReindexInitTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         self.stop_nodes()
 
         self.log.info("Removing the block index leads to init error")
-        shutil.rmtree(node.blocks_path / "index")
+        self.cleanup_folder(node.blocks_path / "index")
         node.assert_start_raises_init_error(
             expected_msg=f"Error initializing block database.{os.linesep}"
             "Please restart with -reindex or -reindex-chainstate to recover.",
diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py b/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
index 95bfc964d60..b809e68f4df 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import argparse
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 import logging
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 import platform
 import pdb
 import random
@@ -331,7 +332,7 @@ class BitcoinTestFramework(metaclass=BitcoinTestMetaClass):
             h.flush()
             rpc_logger.removeHandler(h)
         if cleanup_tree_on_exit:
-            shutil.rmtree(self.options.tmpdir)
+            self.cleanup_folder(self.options.tmpdir)
 
         self.nodes.clear()
         return exit_code
@@ -1031,3 +1032,9 @@ class BitcoinTestFramework(metaclass=BitcoinTestMetaClass):
             return result
         except ImportError:
             self.log.warning("sqlite3 module not available, skipping tests that inspect the database")
+
+    def cleanup_folder(self, _path):
+        path = Path(_path)
+        if not path.is_relative_to(self.options.tmpdir):
+            raise AssertionError(f"Trying to delete #{path} outside of #{self.options.tmpdir}")
+        shutil.rmtree(path)
diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/test_node.py b/test/functional/test_framework/test_node.py
index f2032bc458a..541c758b5ec 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/test_node.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/test_node.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from enum import Enum
 import json
 import logging
 import os
-import pathlib
 import platform
 import re
 import subprocess
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ import time
 import urllib.parse
 import collections
 import shlex
-import shutil
 import sys
 from collections.abc import Iterable
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -163,8 +161,8 @@ class TestNode():
                 self.args.append("-ipcbind=unix")
             else:
                 # Work around default CI path exceeding maximum socket path length.
-                self.ipc_tmp_dir = pathlib.Path(tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="test-ipc-"))
-                self.ipc_socket_path = self.ipc_tmp_dir / "node.sock"
+                self.ipc_tmp_dir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="test-ipc-")
+                self.ipc_socket_path = Path(self.ipc_tmp_dir.name) / "node.sock"
                 self.args.append(f"-ipcbind=unix:{self.ipc_socket_path}")
 
         if self.version_is_at_least(190000):
@@ -248,9 +246,6 @@ class TestNode():
             # this destructor is called.
             print(self._node_msg("Cleaning up leftover process"), file=sys.stderr)
             self.process.kill()
-        if self.ipc_tmp_dir:
-            print(self._node_msg(f"Cleaning up ipc directory {str(self.ipc_tmp_dir)!r}"))
-            shutil.rmtree(self.ipc_tmp_dir)
 
     def __getattr__(self, name):
         """Dispatches any unrecognised messages to the RPC connection or a CLI instance."""
diff --git a/test/functional/test_runner.py b/test/functional/test_runner.py
index 6cf4aa92116..005df69b057 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_runner.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_runner.py
@@ -681,9 +681,6 @@ def run_tests(*, test_list, build_dir, tmpdir, jobs=1, enable_coverage=False, ar
 
     if coverage:
         coverage_passed = coverage.report_rpc_coverage()
-
-        logging.debug("Cleaning up coverage data")
-        coverage.cleanup()
     else:
         coverage_passed = True
 
@@ -898,7 +895,8 @@ class RPCCoverage():
 
     """
     def __init__(self):
-        self.dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="coverage")
+        self.temp_dir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="coverage")
+        self.dir = self.temp_dir.name
         self.flag = '--coveragedir=%s' % self.dir
 
     def report_rpc_coverage(self):
@@ -916,9 +914,6 @@ class RPCCoverage():
             print("All RPC commands covered.")
             return True
 
-    def cleanup(self):
-        return shutil.rmtree(self.dir)
-
     def _get_uncovered_rpc_commands(self):
         """
         Return a set of currently untested RPC commands.
diff --git a/test/functional/wallet_backwards_compatibility.py b/test/functional/wallet_backwards_compatibility.py
index a67b4676a86..13c3ef7488a 100755
--- a/test/functional/wallet_backwards_compatibility.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet_backwards_compatibility.py
@@ -303,7 +303,8 @@ class BackwardsCompatibilityTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
                     # Copy back to master
                     wallet.unloadwallet()
                     if n == node:
-                        shutil.rmtree(node_master.wallets_path / wallet_name)
+                        (node_master.wallets_path / wallet_name / "wallet.dat").unlink()
+                        (node_master.wallets_path / wallet_name).rmdir()
                         shutil.copytree(
                             n.wallets_path / wallet_name,
                             node_master.wallets_path / wallet_name,
diff --git a/test/functional/wallet_hd.py b/test/functional/wallet_hd.py
index 62ad88d2d7d..c130c731ce5 100755
--- a/test/functional/wallet_hd.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet_hd.py
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ class WalletHDTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         self.stop_node(1)
         # we need to delete the complete chain directory
         # otherwise node1 would auto-recover all funds in flag the keypool keys as used
-        shutil.rmtree(self.nodes[1].blocks_path)
-        shutil.rmtree(self.nodes[1].chain_path / "chainstate")
+        self.cleanup_folder(self.nodes[1].blocks_path)
+        self.cleanup_folder(self.nodes[1].chain_path / "chainstate")
         shutil.copyfile(
             self.nodes[1].datadir_path / "hd.bak",
             self.nodes[1].wallets_path / self.default_wallet_name / self.wallet_data_filename
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ class WalletHDTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
 
         # Try a RPC based rescan
         self.stop_node(1)
-        shutil.rmtree(self.nodes[1].blocks_path)
-        shutil.rmtree(self.nodes[1].chain_path / "chainstate")
+        self.cleanup_folder(self.nodes[1].blocks_path)
+        self.cleanup_folder(self.nodes[1].chain_path / "chainstate")
         shutil.copyfile(
             self.nodes[1].datadir_path / "hd.bak",
             self.nodes[1].wallets_path / self.default_wallet_name / self.wallet_data_filename
diff --git a/test/functional/wallet_migration.py b/test/functional/wallet_migration.py
index 45ebd435cde..40bc6b3a130 100755
--- a/test/functional/wallet_migration.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet_migration.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 """Test Migrating a wallet from legacy to descriptor."""
+from contextlib import suppress
 from pathlib import Path
 import os.path
 import random
@@ -664,8 +665,12 @@ class WalletMigrationTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         # Test cleanup: Clear unnamed default wallet for subsequent tests
         (self.old_node.wallets_path / "wallet.dat").unlink()
         (self.master_node.wallets_path / "wallet.dat").unlink(missing_ok=True)
-        shutil.rmtree(self.master_node.wallets_path / "default_wallet_watchonly", ignore_errors=True)
-        shutil.rmtree(self.master_node.wallets_path / "default_wallet_solvables", ignore_errors=True)
+        with suppress(FileNotFoundError):
+            (self.master_node.wallets_path / "default_wallet_watchonly" / "wallet.dat").unlink()
+            (self.master_node.wallets_path / "default_wallet_watchonly").rmdir()
+
+            (self.master_node.wallets_path / "default_wallet_solvables" / "wallet.dat").unlink()
+            (self.master_node.wallets_path / "default_wallet_solvables").rmdir()
         backup_file.unlink()
 
     def test_default_wallet(self):
diff --git a/test/functional/wallet_multiwallet.py b/test/functional/wallet_multiwallet.py
index e8d6c6caa71..5b9a23b593f 100755
--- a/test/functional/wallet_multiwallet.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet_multiwallet.py
@@ -140,12 +140,12 @@ class MultiWalletTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         self.stop_nodes()
         empty_wallet = os.path.join(self.options.tmpdir, 'empty.dat')
         os.rename(self.wallet_file(node, "empty"), empty_wallet)
-        shutil.rmtree(wallet_dir(node, "empty"))
+        os.rmdir(wallet_dir(node, "empty"))
         empty_created_wallet = os.path.join(self.options.tmpdir, 'empty.created.dat')
         os.rename(wallet_dir(node, "created", self.wallet_data_filename), empty_created_wallet)
-        shutil.rmtree(wallet_dir(node, "created"))
+        os.rmdir(wallet_dir(node, "created"))
         os.rename(self.wallet_file(node, "plain"), wallet_dir(node, "w8"))
-        shutil.rmtree(wallet_dir(node, "plain"))
+        os.rmdir(wallet_dir(node, "plain"))
 
         # restart node with a mix of wallet names:
         #   w1, w2, w3 - to verify new wallets created when non-existing paths specified
diff --git a/test/functional/wallet_reorgsrestore.py b/test/functional/wallet_reorgsrestore.py
index 00693db85d1..353a9e9d4ba 100755
--- a/test/functional/wallet_reorgsrestore.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet_reorgsrestore.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class ReorgsRestoreTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         # Stop both nodes and replace node0 chain entirely for the node1 chain
         self.stop_nodes()
         for path in ["chainstate", "blocks"]:
-            shutil.rmtree(self.nodes[0].chain_path / path)
+            self.cleanup_folder(self.nodes[0].chain_path / path)
             shutil.copytree(self.nodes[1].chain_path / path, self.nodes[0].chain_path / path)
 
         # Start node0 and verify that now it has node1 chain and no info about its previous best block
diff --git a/test/functional/wallet_startup.py b/test/functional/wallet_startup.py
index d2355360ac2..fe35ee12f9e 100755
--- a/test/functional/wallet_startup.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet_startup.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class WalletStartupTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         self.nodes[0].createwallet(wallet_name=wallet_name, **kwargs)
         self.nodes[0].unloadwallet(wallet_name)
         shutil.move(self.nodes[0].wallets_path / wallet_name / "wallet.dat", self.nodes[0].wallets_path / "wallet.dat")
-        shutil.rmtree(self.nodes[0].wallets_path / wallet_name)
+        (self.nodes[0].wallets_path / wallet_name).rmdir()
 
     def run_test(self):
         self.log.info('Should start without any wallets')
diff --git a/test/lint/test_runner/src/lint_py.rs b/test/lint/test_runner/src/lint_py.rs
index d9177c86907..a335ba27bcd 100644
--- a/test/lint/test_runner/src/lint_py.rs
+++ b/test/lint/test_runner/src/lint_py.rs
@@ -73,3 +73,28 @@ pub fn lint_py_lint() -> LintResult {
         Err(e) => Err(format!("Error running `{bin_name}`: {e}")),
     }
 }
+
+pub fn lint_rmtree() -> LintResult {
+    let found = git()
+        .args([
+            "grep",
+            "--line-number",
+            "rmtree",
+            "--",
+            "test/functional/",
+            ":(exclude)test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py",
+        ])
+        .status()
+        .expect("command error")
+        .success();
+    if found {
+        Err(r#"
+Use of shutil.rmtree() is dangerous and should be avoided.
+            "#
+        .trim()
+        .to_string())
+    } else {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/test/lint/test_runner/src/main.rs b/test/lint/test_runner/src/main.rs
index 9e80e0f32a8..8d34fc6e24c 100644
--- a/test/lint/test_runner/src/main.rs
+++ b/test/lint/test_runner/src/main.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use lint_cpp::{
     lint_boost_assert, lint_includes_build_config, lint_remove_all, lint_rpc_assert, lint_std_filesystem,
 };
 use lint_docs::{lint_doc_args, lint_doc_release_note_snippets, lint_markdown};
-use lint_py::lint_py_lint;
+use lint_py::{lint_py_lint, lint_rmtree};
 use lint_repo_hygiene::{lint_scripted_diff, lint_subtree};
 use lint_text_format::{
     lint_commit_msg, lint_tabs_whitespace, lint_trailing_newline, lint_trailing_whitespace,
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ fn get_linter_list() -> Vec<&'static Linter> {
             name: "py_lint",
             lint_fn: lint_py_lint,
         },
+        &Linter {
+            description: "Check that shutil.rmtree is not used",
+            name: "rmtree",
+            lint_fn: lint_rmtree,
+        },
         &Linter {
             description: "Check that std::filesystem is not used directly",
             name: "std_filesystem",