diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index 784d2c9a411ab..5437692d54439 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -268,6 +268,10 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "patterns" ]]; then
     invgrep -RI --exclude=\*.{svg,c,cpp,html,js} --exclude-dir=env "\s$" *
     RET=$(($RET + $?)) ; echo $MSG "DONE"
     unset INVGREP_APPEND
+
+    MSG='Check code for instances of os.remove' ; echo $MSG
+    invgrep -R --include="*.py*" --exclude "common.py" --exclude "test_writers.py" --exclude "test_store.py" -E "os\.remove" pandas/tests/
+    RET=$(($RET + $?)) ; echo $MSG "DONE"
 fi
 
 ### CODE ###