diff --git a/launcher/InstanceCreationTask.cpp b/launcher/InstanceCreationTask.cpp
index 9c17dfc9f..3e7b3142f 100644
--- a/launcher/InstanceCreationTask.cpp
+++ b/launcher/InstanceCreationTask.cpp
@@ -38,22 +38,29 @@ void InstanceCreationTask::executeTask()
     // files scheduled to, and we'd better not let the user abort in the middle of it, since it'd
     // put the instance in an invalid state.
     if (shouldOverride()) {
+        bool deleteFailed = false;
+
         setAbortable(false);
         setStatus(tr("Removing old conflicting files..."));
         qDebug() << "Removing old files";
 
-        for (auto path : m_files_to_remove) {
+        for (const QString& path : m_files_to_remove) {
             if (!QFile::exists(path))
                 continue;
+
             qDebug() << "Removing" << path;
-            if (!FS::deletePath(path)) {
-                qCritical() << "Couldn't remove the old conflicting files.";
-                emitFailed(tr("Failed to remove old conflicting files."));
-                return;
+
+            if (!QFile::remove(path)) {
+                qCritical() << "Could not remove" << path;
+                deleteFailed = true;
             }
         }
+
+        if (deleteFailed) {
+            emitFailed(tr("Failed to remove old conflicting files."));
+            return;
+        }
     }
 
     emitSucceeded();
-    return;
 }