diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/Mode.java b/app/src/processing/app/Mode.java
index 31b82fc56..85fd37fec 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/Mode.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/Mode.java
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ public abstract class Mode {
       // Nuke the old applet/application folder because it can cause trouble
       if (Preferences.getBoolean("export.delete_target_folder")) {
 //        System.out.println("temporarily skipping deletion of " + targetFolder);
-        Util.removeDir(targetFolder);
+        Platform.deleteFile(targetFolder);
         //      targetFolder.renameTo(dest);
       }
       // Create a fresh output folder (needed before preproc is run next)