diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 8102ee0c2..174eeb06c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2936,4 +2936,4 @@
 * token: access can by restricted by ip range(s)
 * sendmail: requiresValidCertificate option for using mail server domain
 * mail: update haraka to 3.1.0
-
+* sshfs: implement rm via ssh
diff --git a/src/storage/filesystem.js b/src/storage/filesystem.js
index e0163ccf3..257405746 100644
--- a/src/storage/filesystem.js
+++ b/src/storage/filesystem.js
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ async function copy(apiConfig, oldFilePath, newFilePath, progressCallback) {
         const [remoteCopyError] = await safe(shell.spawn('ssh', sshArgs, { shell: true }));
         if (!remoteCopyError) return;
         if (remoteCopyError.code === 255) throw new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, `SSH connection error: ${remoteCopyError.message}`); // do not attempt fallback copy for ssh errors
-        debug('SSH remote copy failed, trying ssfs copy'); // this can happen for sshfs mounted windows server
+        debug('SSH remote copy failed, trying sshfs copy'); // this can happen for sshfs mounted windows server
     }
 
     const [copyError] = await safe(shell.spawn('cp', [ cpOptions, oldFilePath, newFilePath ], {}));
@@ -198,6 +198,17 @@ async function removeDir(apiConfig, pathPrefix, progressCallback) {
 
     progressCallback({ message: `Removing directory ${pathPrefix}` });
 
+    if (apiConfig.provider === PROVIDER_SSHFS) {
+        const identityFilePath = path.join(paths.SSHFS_KEYS_DIR, `id_rsa_${apiConfig.mountOptions.host}`);
+
+        const sshOptions = [ '-o', '"StrictHostKeyChecking no"', '-i', identityFilePath, '-p', apiConfig.mountOptions.port, `${apiConfig.mountOptions.user}@${apiConfig.mountOptions.host}` ];
+        const sshArgs = sshOptions.concat([ 'rm', '-rf', pathPrefix.replace('/mnt/cloudronbackup/', '') ]);
+        const [remoteRmError] = await safe(shell.spawn('ssh', sshArgs, { shell: true }));
+        if (!remoteRmError) return;
+        if (remoteRmError.code === 255) throw new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, `SSH connection error: ${remoteRmError.message}`); // do not attempt fallback copy for ssh errors
+        debug('SSH remote rm failed, trying sshfs rm'); // this can happen for sshfs mounted windows server
+    }
+
     const [error] = await safe(shell.spawn('rm', [ '-rf', pathPrefix ], {}));
     if (error) throw new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, error.message);
 }