diff --git a/tests/e2e/lib/utils b/tests/e2e/lib/utils
index 40fe1117..a0597fa8 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/lib/utils
+++ b/tests/e2e/lib/utils
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ info_message() {
 }
 
 cleanup() {
+    info_message "Cleaning any existing artifacts that were generated during previous runs"
     output=$(podman ps -a --format "{{.Names}}")
     IFS=$'\n' # Set the internal field separator to newline
 
@@ -66,5 +67,8 @@ cleanup() {
             rm -f ./*.node*
         fi
     done
+    info_message "  - Removing podmanDualStack network..."
+    info_message " "
+    podman network rm podmanDualStack -f 1> /dev/null
 
 }
diff --git a/tests/e2e/run-test-e2e b/tests/e2e/run-test-e2e
index f5b551a7..72854a6f 100755
--- a/tests/e2e/run-test-e2e
+++ b/tests/e2e/run-test-e2e
@@ -176,13 +176,14 @@ then
     exit
 fi
 
+cleanup
+
 info_message "Creating dual stack network"
 podman network \
     create --ipv6 --gateway fd00::1:8:1 --subnet fd00::1:8:0/112 \
     --gateway 10.90.0.1 --subnet 10.90.0.0/16 podmanDualStack &> /dev/null
 
 info_message "Cleaning any previous e2e files"
-cleanup
 
 echo
 info_message "Preparing ASIL environment"
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tools/remove-containers b/tests/e2e/tools/remove-containers
index 49c8ed19..912a160f 100755
--- a/tests/e2e/tools/remove-containers
+++ b/tests/e2e/tools/remove-containers
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ for node in ${output}; do
         podman rm "${node}" --force 1> /dev/null
     fi
 done
+
+podman network rm podmanDualStack -f