diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS.java
index 6ce348c..4d34394 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS.java
@@ -285,9 +285,7 @@
 	 * @since 3.3
 	 */
 	public void delete(File f) throws IOException {
-		if (!f.delete())
-			throw new IOException(MessageFormat.format(
-					JGitText.get().deleteFileFailed, f.getAbsolutePath()));
+		FileUtils.delete(f);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_POSIX.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_POSIX.java
index 22c1abd..2cd82df 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_POSIX.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_POSIX.java
@@ -261,11 +261,6 @@
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void delete(File path) throws IOException {
-		FileUtil.delete(path);
-	}
-
-	@Override
 	public long length(File f) throws IOException {
 		return FileUtil.getLength(f);
 	}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_Win32.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_Win32.java
index 8ff274e..987046c 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_Win32.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_Win32.java
@@ -199,11 +199,6 @@
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void delete(File path) throws IOException {
-		FileUtil.delete(path);
-	}
-
-	@Override
 	public long length(File f) throws IOException {
 		return FileUtil.getLength(f);
 	}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_Win32_Cygwin.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_Win32_Cygwin.java
index 6c5e73d..7933dcd 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_Win32_Cygwin.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_Win32_Cygwin.java
@@ -184,11 +184,6 @@
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void delete(File path) throws IOException {
-		FileUtil.delete(path);
-	}
-
-	@Override
 	public long length(File f) throws IOException {
 		return FileUtil.getLength(f);
 	}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FileUtil.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FileUtil.java
index 5dfba4a..fd53a95 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FileUtil.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FileUtil.java
@@ -193,10 +193,11 @@
 	/**
 	 * @param path
 	 * @throws IOException
+	 * @deprecated use {@link FileUtils#delete(File)}
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	public static void delete(File path) throws IOException {
-		Path nioPath = path.toPath();
-		Files.delete(nioPath);
+		FileUtils.delete(path);
 	}
 
 	static Attributes getFileAttributesBasic(FS fs, File path) {