diff --git a/tools/utils/shm/shm.go b/tools/utils/shm/shm.go
index eba95a6de..13cbf818b 100644
--- a/tools/utils/shm/shm.go
+++ b/tools/utils/shm/shm.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func CreateTemp(pattern string, size uint64) (MMap, error) {
 	return create_temp(pattern, size)
 }
 
-func truncate_or_unlink(ans *os.File, size uint64) (err error) {
+func truncate_or_unlink(ans *os.File, size uint64, unlink func(string) error) (err error) {
 	fd := int(ans.Fd())
 	sz := int64(size)
 	if err = Fallocate_simple(fd, sz); err != nil {
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ func truncate_or_unlink(ans *os.File, size uint64) (err error) {
 		}
 	}
 	if err != nil {
-		ans.Close()
-		os.Remove(ans.Name())
+		_ = ans.Close()
+		_ = unlink(ans.Name())
 		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to ftruncate() SHM file %s to size: %d with error: %w", ans.Name(), size, err)
 	}
 	return
diff --git a/tools/utils/shm/shm_fs.go b/tools/utils/shm/shm_fs.go
index 358e3a781..729f817f2 100644
--- a/tools/utils/shm/shm_fs.go
+++ b/tools/utils/shm/shm_fs.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ type file_based_mmap struct {
 
 func file_mmap(f *os.File, size uint64, access AccessFlags, truncate bool, special_name string) (MMap, error) {
 	if truncate {
-		err := truncate_or_unlink(f, size)
+		err := truncate_or_unlink(f, size, os.Remove)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/tools/utils/shm/shm_syscall.go b/tools/utils/shm/shm_syscall.go
index 7922a7b1b..95408adb7 100644
--- a/tools/utils/shm/shm_syscall.go
+++ b/tools/utils/shm/shm_syscall.go
@@ -73,15 +73,15 @@ type syscall_based_mmap struct {
 
 func syscall_mmap(f *os.File, size uint64, access AccessFlags, truncate bool) (MMap, error) {
 	if truncate {
-		err := truncate_or_unlink(f, size)
+		err := truncate_or_unlink(f, size, shm_unlink)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("truncate failed with error: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
 	region, err := mmap(int(size), access, int(f.Fd()), 0)
 	if err != nil {
-		f.Close()
-		os.Remove(f.Name())
+		_ = f.Close()
+		_ = shm_unlink(f.Name())
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("mmap failed with error: %w", err)
 	}
 	return &syscall_based_mmap{f: f, region: region}, nil