diff --git a/lib/transformer.go b/lib/transformer.go
index c14fa1c97..300ad2da3 100644
--- a/lib/transformer.go
+++ b/lib/transformer.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/konveyor/move2kube/common"
 	"github.com/konveyor/move2kube/qaengine"
 	"github.com/konveyor/move2kube/transformer"
+	"github.com/konveyor/move2kube/transformer/external"
 	plantypes "github.com/konveyor/move2kube/types/plan"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -116,4 +117,15 @@ func Destroy() {
 	if err != nil {
 		logrus.Debug("failed to delete temp directory. Error : ", err)
 	}
+
+	err = os.RemoveAll(external.DetectContainerOutputDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		logrus.Debug("failed to delete temp directory. Error : ", err)
+	}
+
+	err = os.RemoveAll(external.TransformContainerOutputDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		logrus.Debug("failed to delete temp directory. Error : ", err)
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/transformer/external/executabletransformer.go b/transformer/external/executabletransformer.go
index 8f9a8cfc9..b9b126a22 100644
--- a/transformer/external/executabletransformer.go
+++ b/transformer/external/executabletransformer.go
@@ -60,8 +60,10 @@ type ExecutableYamlConfig struct {
 }
 
 var (
-	detectContainerOutputDir    = "/var/tmp/m2k_detect_output"
-	transformContainerOutputDir = "/var/tmp/m2k_transform_output"
+	// DetectContainerOutputDir is the directory where external transformer detect output is stored
+	DetectContainerOutputDir = "/var/tmp/m2k_detect_output"
+	// TransformContainerOutputDir is the directory where external transformer transform output is stored
+	TransformContainerOutputDir = "/var/tmp/m2k_transform_output"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -89,8 +91,8 @@ func (t *Executable) Init(tc transformertypes.Transformer, env *environment.Envi
 			logrus.Infof("Starting transformer that requires QA without QA.")
 		}
 	}
-	detectContainerOutputDir = filepath.Join(detectContainerOutputDir, uniuri.NewLen(5))
-	transformContainerOutputDir = filepath.Join(transformContainerOutputDir, uniuri.NewLen(5))
+	DetectContainerOutputDir = filepath.Join(DetectContainerOutputDir, uniuri.NewLen(5))
+	TransformContainerOutputDir = filepath.Join(TransformContainerOutputDir, uniuri.NewLen(5))
 	env.EnvInfo.EnvPlatformConfig = environmenttypes.EnvPlatformConfig{
 		Container: t.ExecConfig.Container,
 		Platforms: t.ExecConfig.Platforms,
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ func (t *Executable) DirectoryDetect(dir string) (services map[string][]transfor
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to copy the detect input path to container. Error: %w", err)
 	}
 	containerDetectInputPath := filepath.Join(containerInputDir, detectInputFile)
-	containerDetectOutputPath := filepath.Join(detectContainerOutputDir, detectOutputFile)
+	containerDetectOutputPath := filepath.Join(DetectContainerOutputDir, detectOutputFile)
 	if env, exists := common.LookupEnv(detectOutputPathEnvKey, t.ExecConfig.EnvList); exists {
 		containerDetectOutputPath = env.Value
 	}
@@ -162,7 +164,7 @@ func (t *Executable) Transform(newArtifacts []transformertypes.Artifact, already
 	}
 
 	transformInputPath := filepath.Join(containerInputDir, transformInputFile)
-	transformOutputPath := filepath.Join(transformContainerOutputDir, transformOutputFile)
+	transformOutputPath := filepath.Join(TransformContainerOutputDir, transformOutputFile)
 	if env, exists := common.LookupEnv(transformOutputPathEnvKey, t.ExecConfig.EnvList); exists {
 		transformOutputPath = env.Value
 	}