diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/db/Time/TimeIO.C b/src/OpenFOAM/db/Time/TimeIO.C
index 0659616f85..f310efdde7 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/db/Time/TimeIO.C
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/db/Time/TimeIO.C
@@ -554,7 +554,13 @@ bool Foam::Time::writeObject
 
                 while (previousWriteTimes_.size() > purgeWrite_)
                 {
-                    rmDir(objectRegistry::path(previousWriteTimes_.pop()));
+                    fileHandler().rmDir
+                    (
+                        fileHandler().filePath
+                        (
+                            objectRegistry::path(previousWriteTimes_.pop())
+                        )
+                    );
                 }
             }
         }