diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/custom-resource-provider/custom-resource-provider-base.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/custom-resource-provider/custom-resource-provider-base.ts
index 7bcc24269207f..eac5b161f3169 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/custom-resource-provider/custom-resource-provider-base.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/custom-resource-provider/custom-resource-provider-base.ts
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ export abstract class CustomResourceProviderBase extends Construct {
 
       this._codeHash = staging.assetHash;
 
+      fs.rmSync(stagingDirectory, { recursive: true, force: true });
+
       return {
         code: {
           S3Bucket: asset.bucketName,
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/test/custom-resource-provider/custom-resource-provider.test.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/test/custom-resource-provider/custom-resource-provider.test.ts
index f326e4b34ae07..6daa7c8b251a8 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/test/custom-resource-provider/custom-resource-provider.test.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/test/custom-resource-provider/custom-resource-provider.test.ts
@@ -184,8 +184,6 @@ describe('custom resource provider', () => {
     const keyParam = paramNames[1];
     const hashParam = paramNames[2];
 
-    expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(sourcePath, '__entrypoint__.js'))).toEqual(true);
-
     expect(cfn).toEqual({
       Resources: {
         CustomMyResourceTypeCustomResourceProviderRoleBD5E655F: {