diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/polyMesh/polyMeshIO.C b/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/polyMesh/polyMeshIO.C
index eb07852f61..70e758eaf8 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/polyMesh/polyMeshIO.C
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/polyMesh/polyMeshIO.C
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ bool Foam::polyMesh::writeObject
                 *this
             );
 
-            rm(faceProcAddressingIO.objectPath(false));
+            fileHandler().rm(faceProcAddressingIO.filePath(word::null, false));
         };
 
         if (!Pstream::parRun())