diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-logs/test/integ.log-group-metrics.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-logs/test/integ.log-group-metrics.ts
index 89638eef6c80e..ea74dec2462f5 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-logs/test/integ.log-group-metrics.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-logs/test/integ.log-group-metrics.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { IntegTest } from '@aws-cdk/integ-tests-alpha';
-import { App, Stack } from 'aws-cdk-lib';
+import { App, RemovalPolicy, Stack } from 'aws-cdk-lib';
 import { LogGroup } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-logs';
 
 const app = new App();
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const stack = new Stack(app, 'aws-cdk-log-group-metrics');
 
 const logGroup = new LogGroup(stack, 'MyLogGroup', {
   logGroupName: 'my-log-group',
+  removalPolicy: RemovalPolicy.DESTROY,
 });
 
 logGroup.metricIncomingBytes().createAlarm(stack, 'IncomingBytesPerInstanceAlarm', {