diff --git a/base/src/directory_ex.cpp b/base/src/directory_ex.cpp
index 9e79b9ba9b0e6c6bb381ac3e683dfc3eeaf82c10..650a4e241ec346b2242c79703d353a1f832e0c04 100644
--- a/base/src/directory_ex.cpp
+++ b/base/src/directory_ex.cpp
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ bool ForceRemoveDirectory(const string& path)
         return false;
     }
 
+    struct stat unused;
+
     while (true) {
         struct dirent *ptr = readdir(dir);
         if (ptr == nullptr) {
@@ -218,7 +220,7 @@ bool ForceRemoveDirectory(const string& path)
         if (ptr->d_type == DT_DIR) {
             ret = ForceRemoveDirectory(subPath);
         } else {
-            if (faccessat(AT_FDCWD, subPath.c_str(), F_OK, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) == 0) {
+            if (lstat(subPath.c_str(), &unused) == 0) {
                 if (remove(subPath.c_str()) != 0) {
                     closedir(dir);
                     return false;
@@ -229,13 +231,13 @@ bool ForceRemoveDirectory(const string& path)
     closedir(dir);
 
     string currentPath = ExcludeTrailingPathDelimiter(path);
-    if (faccessat(AT_FDCWD, currentPath.c_str(), F_OK, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) == 0) {
+    if (lstat(currentPath.c_str(), &unused) == 0) {
         if (remove(currentPath.c_str()) != 0) {
             return false;
         }
     }
 
-    return ret && (faccessat(AT_FDCWD, path.c_str(), F_OK, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) != 0);
+    return ret && (lstat(path.c_str(), &unused) != 0);
 }
 
 bool RemoveFile(const string& fileName)