--- a/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/base.py
+++ b/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/base.py
@@ -11,17 +11,17 @@ import multiprocessing
 import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import which
 
 from mach.mixin.logging import LoggingMixin
 from mach.mixin.process import ProcessExecutionMixin
 
-from mozfile.mozfile import rmtree
+from mozfile.mozfile import remove as mozfileremove
 
 from .backend.configenvironment import ConfigEnvironment
 from .controller.clobber import Clobberer
 from .mozconfig import (
     MozconfigFindException,
     MozconfigLoadException,
     MozconfigLoader,
 )
@@ -328,17 +328,17 @@ class MozbuildObject(ProcessExecutionMix
     def remove_objdir(self):
         """Remove the entire object directory."""
 
         if sys.platform.startswith('win') and self.have_winrm():
             subprocess.check_call(['winrm', '-rf', self.topobjdir])
         else:
             # We use mozfile because it is faster than shutil.rmtree().
             # mozfile doesn't like unicode arguments (bug 818783).
-            rmtree(self.topobjdir.encode('utf-8'))
+            mozfileremove(self.topobjdir.encode('utf-8'))
 
     def get_binary_path(self, what='app', validate_exists=True, where='default'):
         """Obtain the path to a compiled binary for this build configuration.
 
         The what argument is the program or tool being sought after. See the
         code implementation for supported values.
 
         If validate_exists is True (the default), we will ensure the found path