diff --git a/src/PVE/Storage/ESXiPlugin.pm b/src/PVE/Storage/ESXiPlugin.pm
index c4795c4..72776e8 100644
--- a/src/PVE/Storage/ESXiPlugin.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/Storage/ESXiPlugin.pm
@@ -346,6 +346,10 @@ sub deactivate_storage {
     my ($class, $storeid, $scfg, $cache) = @_;
 
     $class->esxi_unmount($storeid, $scfg);
+
+    my $rundir = run_path($storeid);
+    remove_tree($rundir); # best-effort, ignore errors for now
+
 }
 
 sub activate_volume {