diff --git a/src/base/system.cpp b/src/base/system.cpp
index 9f1af68c6..437017b84 100644
--- a/src/base/system.cpp
+++ b/src/base/system.cpp
@@ -2271,7 +2271,9 @@ int fs_makedir(const char *path)
 int fs_removedir(const char *path)
 {
 #if defined(CONF_FAMILY_WINDOWS)
-	if(_rmdir(path) == 0)
+	WCHAR wPath[IO_MAX_PATH_LENGTH];
+	MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, path, IO_MAX_PATH_LENGTH, wPath, IO_MAX_PATH_LENGTH);
+	if(RemoveDirectoryW(wPath) != 0)
 		return 0;
 	return -1;
 #else
@@ -2357,7 +2359,9 @@ int fs_parent_dir(char *path)
 int fs_remove(const char *filename)
 {
 #if defined(CONF_FAMILY_WINDOWS)
-	return _unlink(filename) != 0;
+	WCHAR wFilename[IO_MAX_PATH_LENGTH];
+	MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, filename, IO_MAX_PATH_LENGTH, wFilename, IO_MAX_PATH_LENGTH);
+	return DeleteFileW(wFilename) == 0;
 #else
 	return unlink(filename) != 0;
 #endif