diff --git a/test/integration/targets/copy/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/copy/tasks/main.yml
index ae7ef753a6d..bef182b82b5 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/copy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/copy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
         name: '{{ remote_unprivileged_user }}'
         state: absent
         remove: yes
+        force: yes
 
     - name: Remove sudoers.d file
       file:
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/file/handlers/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/file/handlers/main.yml
index b5040f6e255..553f69cecf5 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/file/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/file/handlers/main.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     name: "{{ item }}"
     state: absent
     remove: yes
+    force: yes
   loop:
     - test1
     - test_uid
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/file/tasks/state_link.yml b/test/integration/targets/file/tasks/state_link.yml
index e3466a2ed01..851b213e322 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/file/tasks/state_link.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/file/tasks/state_link.yml
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@
       user:
         name: '{{ remote_unprivileged_user }}'
         state: absent
+        force: yes
+        remove: yes
 
     - name: Delete unprivileged user home and tempdir
       file: