diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/GC.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/GC.java
index fd906c919..0c9328a8f 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/GC.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/GC.java
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ public class GC {
 			} else {
 				if (base == null || !n.startsWith(base)) {
 					try {
-						Files.delete(FileUtils.toPath(new File(packDir.toFile(), n)));
+						Files.delete(packDir.resolve(n));
 					} catch (IOException e) {
 						LOG.error(e.getMessage(), e);
 					}