diff --git a/src/common/filesystembase.cpp b/src/common/filesystembase.cpp
index c6faf1468c..c6dcb49d1c 100644
--- a/src/common/filesystembase.cpp
+++ b/src/common/filesystembase.cpp
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ bool FileSystem::remove(const QString &fileName, QString *errorString)
 #endif
 
     try {
-        if (!std::filesystem::remove(std::filesystem::path{fileName.toUtf8().data()})) {
+        if (!std::filesystem::remove(std::filesystem::path{fileName.toStdWString()})) {
             if (errorString) {
                 *errorString = QObject::tr("File is already deleted");
             }