diff --git a/mysql-test/t/loaddata.test b/mysql-test/t/loaddata.test
index 58d5ee7bb31..5433d787c14 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/loaddata.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/loaddata.test
@@ -262,6 +262,6 @@ select @@character_set_filesystem;
 LOAD DATA INFILE 't@002d1' INTO TABLE t1;
 SELECT * FROM t1;
 DROP TABLE t1;
---exec rm $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/master-data/test/t@002d1
+remove_file $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/master-data/test/t@002d1;
 SET character_set_filesystem=default;
 select @@character_set_filesystem;