diff --git a/src/apptask.js b/src/apptask.js
index ebbb6aa70..c2f1ed6ee 100644
--- a/src/apptask.js
+++ b/src/apptask.js
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ async function deleteAppDir(app, options) {
                 if (safe.error.code !== 'ENOENT') throw new BoxError(BoxError.FS_ERROR, `Error unlinking dir ${appDataDir} : ${safe.error.message}`);
             }
         } else {
-            if (!safe.fs.rmdirSync(appDataDir)) {
+            if (!safe.fs.rmSync(appDataDir, { recursive: true })) {
                 if (safe.error.code !== 'ENOENT') throw new BoxError(BoxError.FS_ERROR, `Error removing dir ${appDataDir} : ${safe.error.message}`);
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/storage/filesystem.js b/src/storage/filesystem.js
index 8bcdaffa1..c3042553a 100644
--- a/src/storage/filesystem.js
+++ b/src/storage/filesystem.js
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ function remove(apiConfig, filename, callback) {
     if (stat.isFile()) {
         if (!safe.fs.unlinkSync(filename)) return callback(new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, safe.error.message));
     } else if (stat.isDirectory()) {
-        if (!safe.fs.rmdirSync(filename)) return callback(new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, safe.error.message));
+        if (!safe.fs.rmSync(filename, { recursive: true })) return callback(new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, safe.error.message));
     }
 
     callback(null);