diff --git a/app/recordings/recording_edit.php b/app/recordings/recording_edit.php
index 1c79147f47..2751b928b7 100644
--- a/app/recordings/recording_edit.php
+++ b/app/recordings/recording_edit.php
@@ -245,7 +245,8 @@
 							exec('sox --ignore-length '.escapeshellarg($recording_path.'/'.$recording_filename).' '.escapeshellarg($recording_path.'/'.$recording_filename_temp));
 						}
 						if (file_exists($recording_path.'/'.$recording_filename_temp)) {
-							exec('rm -f '.escapeshellarg($recording_path.'/'.$recording_filename).' && mv '.escapeshellarg($recording_path.'/'.$recording_filename_temp).' '.escapeshellarg($recording_path.'/'.$recording_filename));
+							recursive_delete($recording_path.'/'.$recording_filename);
+							exec('mv '.escapeshellarg($recording_path.'/'.$recording_filename_temp).' '.escapeshellarg($recording_path.'/'.$recording_filename));
 						}
 						unset($recording_filename_temp);
 					}
diff --git a/app/voicemail_greetings/voicemail_greeting_edit.php b/app/voicemail_greetings/voicemail_greeting_edit.php
index 57c459e52f..2238cd979a 100644
--- a/app/voicemail_greetings/voicemail_greeting_edit.php
+++ b/app/voicemail_greetings/voicemail_greeting_edit.php
@@ -235,7 +235,8 @@ if (!empty($_POST) && empty($_POST["persistformvar"])) {
 					$greeting_filename_temp = str_replace('.'.$greeting_format, '.tmp.'.$greeting_format, $greeting_filename);
 					exec('sox --ignore-length '.$greeting_path.'/'.$greeting_filename.' '.$greeting_path.'/'.$greeting_filename_temp);
 					if (file_exists($greeting_path.$greeting_filename_temp)) {
-						exec('rm -f '.$greeting_path.'/'.$greeting_filename.' && mv '.$greeting_path.'/'.$greeting_filename_temp.' '.$greeting_path.'/'.$greeting_filename);
+						recursive_delete($greeting_path.'/'.$greeting_filename);
+						exec('mv '.$greeting_path.'/'.$greeting_filename_temp.' '.$greeting_path.'/'.$greeting_filename);
 					}
 					unset($greeting_filename_temp);
 				}