diff --git a/src/libdramsys/DRAMSys/common/TlmRecorder.cpp b/src/libdramsys/DRAMSys/common/TlmRecorder.cpp
index 2e09467f..bf56770e 100644
--- a/src/libdramsys/DRAMSys/common/TlmRecorder.cpp
+++ b/src/libdramsys/DRAMSys/common/TlmRecorder.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 
 #include "DRAMSys/common/DebugManager.h"
 
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <sqlite3.h>
 
@@ -356,14 +357,7 @@ void TlmRecorder::commitRecordedDataToDB()
 
 void TlmRecorder::openDB(const std::string& dbName)
 {
-    std::ifstream f(dbName.c_str());
-    if (f.good())
-    {
-        if (remove(dbName.c_str()) != 0)
-        {
-            SC_REPORT_FATAL("TlmRecorder", "Error deleting file");
-        }
-    }
+    std::filesystem::remove(dbName.c_str());
 
     if (sqlite3_open(dbName.c_str(), &db) != SQLITE_OK)
     {