diff --git a/rslib/src/media/files.rs b/rslib/src/media/files.rs
index 3e67d5084..ce17b40bb 100644
--- a/rslib/src/media/files.rs
+++ b/rslib/src/media/files.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::fs;
-use filetime::FileTimes;
+use std::fs::FileTimes;
 use std::io;
 use std::io::Read;
 use std::path::Path;
@@ -320,18 +320,6 @@ pub(crate) fn mtime_as_i64<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> io::Result<i64> {
         .as_millis() as i64)
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn safe_rename(src: &Path, dst: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
-    match fs::rename(src, dst) {
-        Ok(_) => Ok(()),
-        Err(e) if e.raw_os_error() == Some(18) => {
-            fs::copy(src, dst)?;
-            fs::remove_file(src)?;
-            Ok(())
-        }
-        Err(e) => Err(e),
-    }
-}
-
 pub fn remove_files<S>(media_folder: &Path, files: &[S]) -> Result<()>
 where
     S: AsRef<str> + std::fmt::Debug,
@@ -356,7 +344,7 @@ where
         }
 
         // move file to trash, clobbering any existing file with the same name
-        safe_rename(&src_path, &dst_path)?;
+        fs::rename(&src_path, &dst_path)?;
 
         // mark it as modified, so we can expire it in the future
         let secs = time::SystemTime::now();
@@ -562,21 +550,4 @@ mod test {
             Cow::<str>::Owned(format!("{}_", " ".repeat(MAX_MEDIA_FILENAME_LENGTH - 2)))
         );
     }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn safe_rename_moves_file() {
-    let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
-    let src = dir.path().join("myfile.txt");
-    let dst = dir.path().join("myfile_trashed.txt");
-
-    fs::write(&src, b"My test content").unwrap();
-    safe_rename(&src, &dst).unwrap();
-
-    assert!(dst.exists());
-    assert!(!src.exists());
-    let contents = fs::read(&dst).unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(contents, b"My test content");
-
-    fs::remove_file(&dst).unwrap();
-    }
 }