diff --git a/src/storage/filesystem.js b/src/storage/filesystem.js
index 7240db556..ebc24bd2e 100644
--- a/src/storage/filesystem.js
+++ b/src/storage/filesystem.js
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ async function remove(apiConfig, filename) {
     if (stat.isFile()) {
         if (!safe.fs.unlinkSync(filename)) throw new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, safe.error.message);
     } else if (stat.isDirectory()) {
-        if (!safe.fs.rmSync(filename, { recursive: true })) throw new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, safe.error.message);
+        if (!safe.fs.rmdirSync(filename, { recursive: false })) throw new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, safe.error.message);
     }
 }