diff --git a/stratosphere/ncm/source/impl/ncm_placeholder_accessor.cpp b/stratosphere/ncm/source/impl/ncm_placeholder_accessor.cpp
index c3236a4c8..311fbc112 100644
--- a/stratosphere/ncm/source/impl/ncm_placeholder_accessor.cpp
+++ b/stratosphere/ncm/source/impl/ncm_placeholder_accessor.cpp
@@ -80,13 +80,13 @@ namespace sts::ncm::impl {
 
         this->GetPlaceHolderPathUncached(placeholder_path, placeholder_id);
 
-        debug::DebugLog("Deleting %s\n", placeholder_path);
-
-        R_TRY_CATCH(fsdevDeleteDirectoryRecursively(placeholder_path)) {
-            R_CATCH(ResultFsPathNotFound) {
-                return ResultNcmPlaceHolderNotFound;
-            }
-        } R_END_TRY_CATCH;
+        if (std::remove(placeholder_path) != 0) {
+            R_TRY_CATCH(fsdevGetLastResult()) {
+                R_CATCH(ResultFsPathNotFound) {
+                    return ResultNcmPlaceHolderNotFound;
+                }
+            } R_END_TRY_CATCH;
+        }
 
         return ResultSuccess;
     }
diff --git a/stratosphere/ncm/source/ncm_contentstorage.cpp b/stratosphere/ncm/source/ncm_contentstorage.cpp
index 9e1599599..0c8ad80c2 100644
--- a/stratosphere/ncm/source/ncm_contentstorage.cpp
+++ b/stratosphere/ncm/source/ncm_contentstorage.cpp
@@ -223,16 +223,16 @@ namespace sts::ncm {
         }
 
         this->ClearContentCache();
-
         char content_path[FS_MAX_PATH] = {0};
-
         this->GetContentPath(content_path, content_id);
 
-        R_TRY_CATCH(fsdevDeleteDirectoryRecursively(content_path)) {
-            R_CATCH(ResultFsPathNotFound) {
-                return ResultNcmContentNotFound;
-            }
-        } R_END_TRY_CATCH;
+        if (std::remove(content_path) != 0) {
+            R_TRY_CATCH(fsdevGetLastResult()) {
+                R_CATCH(ResultFsPathNotFound) {
+                    return ResultNcmContentNotFound;
+                }
+            } R_END_TRY_CATCH;
+        }
 
         return ResultSuccess;
         R_DEBUG_END