diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/clean.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/clean.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b0fd97bceec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/clean.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { tmpdir } from 'os';
+import { join } from 'path';
+import { rimrafSync } from 'rimraf';
+
+const buildDir = join(tmpdir(), 'sentry-e2e-tests-*');
+
+process.exit(Number(!rimrafSync([...process.argv.slice(2), buildDir], { glob: true })));
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/lib/copyToTemp.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/lib/copyToTemp.ts
index d6667978b924..d8ff8f189098 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/lib/copyToTemp.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/lib/copyToTemp.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,32 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
-import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs';
+import { existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs';
 import { cp } from 'fs/promises';
-import { join } from 'path';
+import ignore from 'ignore';
+import { dirname, join, relative } from 'path';
 
 export async function copyToTemp(originalPath: string, tmpDirPath: string): Promise<void> {
   // copy files to tmp dir
-  await cp(originalPath, tmpDirPath, { recursive: true });
+  const ig = ignore();
+  const ignoreFileDirs = [
+    originalPath,
+    dirname(__dirname)
+  ]
+  ig.add(['.gitignore', 'node_modules', 'dist', 'build']);
+  for(const dir of ignoreFileDirs) {
+    const ignore_file = join(dir, '.gitignore');
+    if (existsSync(ignore_file)) {
+      ig.add(readFileSync(ignore_file, 'utf8'));
+    }
+  }
+
+  await cp(originalPath, tmpDirPath, {
+    recursive: true,
+    filter: src => {
+      const relPath = relative(originalPath, src);
+      if (!relPath) return true;
+      return !ig.ignores(relPath);
+    },
+  });
 
   fixPackageJson(tmpDirPath);
 }
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/package.json
index 2b8ff4b260ed..3046dc636168 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "test:validate-test-app-setups": "ts-node validate-test-app-setups.ts",
     "test:prepare": "ts-node prepare.ts",
     "test:validate": "run-s test:validate-configuration test:validate-test-app-setups",
-    "clean": "rimraf tmp node_modules && yarn clean:test-applications && yarn clean:pnpm",
+    "clean": "ts-node ./clean.ts node_modules && yarn clean:test-applications && yarn clean:pnpm",
     "ci:build-matrix": "ts-node ./lib/getTestMatrix.ts",
     "ci:build-matrix-optional": "ts-node ./lib/getTestMatrix.ts --optional=true",
     "ci:copy-to-temp": "ts-node ./ciCopyToTemp.ts",
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/run.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/run.ts
index 7b6efb2dd13b..c6b437af69aa 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/run.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/run.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
-import { spawn } from 'child_process';
+import { type SpawnOptions, spawn } from 'child_process';
 import * as dotenv from 'dotenv';
 import { mkdtemp, rm } from 'fs/promises';
 import { sync as globSync } from 'glob';
 import { tmpdir } from 'os';
-import { join, resolve } from 'path';
+import { basename, join, resolve } from 'path';
+import { rimraf } from 'rimraf';
 import { copyToTemp } from './lib/copyToTemp';
 import { registrySetup } from './registrySetup';
 
@@ -12,17 +13,9 @@ const DEFAULT_DSN = 'https://username@domain/123';
 const DEFAULT_SENTRY_ORG_SLUG = 'sentry-javascript-sdks';
 const DEFAULT_SENTRY_PROJECT = 'sentry-javascript-e2e-tests';
 
-function asyncExec(command: string, options: { env: Record<string, string | undefined>; cwd: string }): Promise<void> {
+function asyncExec(command: string, options: Omit<SpawnOptions, 'shell'|'stdio'>): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    const process = spawn(command, { ...options, shell: true });
-
-    process.stdout.on('data', data => {
-      console.log(`${data}`);
-    });
-
-    process.stderr.on('data', data => {
-      console.error(`${data}`);
-    });
+    const process = spawn(command, { ...options, shell: true, stdio: ['ignore', 'inherit', 'inherit'] });
 
     process.on('error', error => {
       reject(error);
@@ -64,21 +57,23 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
     console.log('Cleaning test-applications...');
     console.log('');
 
+    const tmpPrefix = join(tmpdir(), 'sentry-e2e-tests-')
+    await rimraf(`${tmpPrefix}*`, { glob: true });
+
     if (!process.env.SKIP_REGISTRY) {
       registrySetup();
     }
 
-    await asyncExec('pnpm clean:test-applications', { env, cwd: __dirname });
     await asyncExec('pnpm cache delete "@sentry/*"', { env, cwd: __dirname });
 
     const testAppPaths = appName ? [appName.trim()] : globSync('*', { cwd: `${__dirname}/test-applications/` });
 
-    console.log(`Runnings tests for: ${testAppPaths.join(', ')}`);
+    console.log(`Running tests for: ${testAppPaths.join(', ')}`);
     console.log('');
 
     for (const testAppPath of testAppPaths) {
-      const originalPath = resolve('test-applications', testAppPath);
-      const tmpDirPath = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), `sentry-e2e-tests-${appName}-`));
+      const originalPath = resolve(__dirname, 'test-applications', testAppPath);
+      const tmpDirPath = await mkdtemp(`${tmpPrefix}${basename(testAppPath)}-`);
 
       await copyToTemp(originalPath, tmpDirPath);
       const cwd = tmpDirPath;