diff --git a/tests/cleanup_datastore.bash.in b/tests/cleanup_datastore.bash.in
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+set -eux
+
+if [[ $(dirname "$(dirname "$(realpath "$SYSREPO_REPOSITORY_PATH")")") != "@CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR@" ]]; then
+    echo "\$SYSREPO_REPOSITORY_PATH is not inside the build dir! Aborting. ($SYSREPO_REPOSITORY_PATH)"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ -z "$SYSREPO_SHM_PREFIX" ]]; then
+    echo '$SYSREPO_SHM_PREFIX is empty! Aborting.'
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+BACKEND="$1"
+shift
+if [[ "$BACKEND" = "netconf" ]]; then
+    # The `-f` argument is neccessary so that pkill matches the whole command
+    # line, including stuff set by `exec -a`. Otherwise it matches the name in
+    # /proc/{pid}/stat and that is usually limited to 15 characters, so
+    # netopeer2-server appears as netopeer2-serve
+    pkill -f "${SYSREPO_SHM_PREFIX}_netopeer2-server"
+    rm "$NETOPEER_SOCKET"
+fi
+
+rm -r "$SYSREPO_REPOSITORY_PATH"
+rm "/dev/shm/$SYSREPO_SHM_PREFIX"*