diff --git a/src/libsysprof-capture/sysprof-capture-writer.c b/src/libsysprof-capture/sysprof-capture-writer.c
index 7926e6a4..01704880 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof-capture/sysprof-capture-writer.c
+++ b/src/libsysprof-capture/sysprof-capture-writer.c
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ handle_errno:
   if (fd != -1)
     {
       close (fd);
-      g_unlink (filename);
+      unlink (filename);
     }
 
   return false;