diff --git a/src/gui/moviebrowser.cpp b/src/gui/moviebrowser.cpp
index c8d8fdef5..5b4f8e2d1 100644
--- a/src/gui/moviebrowser.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/moviebrowser.cpp
@@ -2575,10 +2575,10 @@ bool CMovieBrowser::delFile_vlc(CFile& /*file*/)
 bool CMovieBrowser::delFile_std(CFile& file)
 {
 	bool result = true;
-	char buf[FILENAME_MAX]={0};
-        snprintf(buf,sizeof(buf), "nice -n 20 rm -f \"%s\" &", file.Name.c_str());
-	system(buf);
+	int errno = unlink(file.Name.c_str());
 	TRACE("  delete file: %s\r\n",file.Name.c_str());
+	if(errno)
+	  result = false;
 	return(result);
 }