diff --git a/PHPCI/Plugin/Pdepend.php b/PHPCI/Plugin/Pdepend.php
index 95a7a8c0..285c86bc 100644
--- a/PHPCI/Plugin/Pdepend.php
+++ b/PHPCI/Plugin/Pdepend.php
@@ -68,11 +68,7 @@ class Pdepend implements \PHPCI\Plugin
 
         $cmd = PHPCI_BIN_DIR . 'pdepend --summary-xml=%s --jdepend-chart=%s --overview-pyramid=%s "%s"';
 
-        //Remove the created files first
-        unlink($this->location . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $this->summary);
-        unlink($this->location . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $this->chart);
-        unlink($this->location . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $this->pyramid);
-
+        $this->removeBuildArtifacts();
         $success = $this->phpci->executeCommand(
             $cmd,
             $this->location . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $this->summary,
@@ -101,4 +97,17 @@ class Pdepend implements \PHPCI\Plugin
 
         return $success;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+
+    /**
+     * Remove files created from previous builds
+     */
+    protected function removeBuildArtifacts()
+    {
+        //Remove the created files first
+        foreach (array($this->summary, $this->chart, $this->pyramid) as $file) {
+            if (file_exists($this->location . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $file)) {
+                unlink($this->location . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $file);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}