1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/manifest_xml.py b/manifest_xml.py
index 05651c6c..9b5d7847 100644
--- a/manifest_xml.py
+++ b/manifest_xml.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class XmlManifest(object):
 
     try:
       if os.path.lexists(self.manifestFile):
-        os.remove(self.manifestFile)
+        platform_utils.remove(self.manifestFile)
       platform_utils.symlink(os.path.join('manifests', name), self.manifestFile)
     except OSError as e:
       raise ManifestParseError('cannot link manifest %s: %s' % (name, str(e)))