diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/SketchController.java b/app/src/processing/app/SketchController.java
index 0a0ba6f45..50d4ac307 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/SketchController.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/SketchController.java
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ public class SketchController {
         editor.base.handleClose(editor);
       } else {
         // delete the file
-        if (!current.deleteFile(BaseNoGui.getBuildFolder(sketch).toPath())) {
+        if (!current.delete(BaseNoGui.getBuildFolder(sketch).toPath())) {
           Base.showMessage(tr("Couldn't do it"),
                            I18n.format(tr("Could not delete \"{0}\"."), current.getFileName()));
           return;
diff --git a/arduino-core/src/processing/app/SketchFile.java b/arduino-core/src/processing/app/SketchFile.java
index 607e87005..8fba34296 100644
--- a/arduino-core/src/processing/app/SketchFile.java
+++ b/arduino-core/src/processing/app/SketchFile.java
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public class SketchFile {
   }
 
 
-  protected boolean deleteFile(Path tempBuildFolder) throws IOException {
+  protected boolean delete(Path tempBuildFolder) throws IOException {
     if (!file.delete()) {
       return false;
     }