diff --git a/arduino-core/src/processing/app/helpers/FileUtils.java b/arduino-core/src/processing/app/helpers/FileUtils.java
index 99fb95031..186141cf5 100644
--- a/arduino-core/src/processing/app/helpers/FileUtils.java
+++ b/arduino-core/src/processing/app/helpers/FileUtils.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class FileUtils {
         recursiveDelete(current);
       }
     }
-    deleteIfExists(file);
+    file.delete();
   }
 
   public static File createTempFolder() throws IOException {
@@ -274,10 +274,6 @@ public class FileUtils {
       return true;
     }
 
-    if (!file.exists()) {
-      return false;
-    }
-
     return file.delete();
   }