diff --git a/src/routes/files.ts b/src/routes/files.ts
index 7cb1a7edc9..bda236c537 100644
--- a/src/routes/files.ts
+++ b/src/routes/files.ts
@@ -68,18 +68,6 @@ router.post(
 	})
 );
 
-/** @TODO This needs to support multipart form-data for file uploads */
-// router.post(
-// 	'/',
-// 	asyncHandler(async (req, res) => {
-// 		const records = await FilesService.createFile(
-// 			req.body,
-// 			res.locals.query
-// 		);
-// 		return res.json({ data: records });
-// 	})
-// );
-
 router.get(
 	'/',
 	sanitizeQuery,
diff --git a/src/services/files.ts b/src/services/files.ts
index 9070f81b9b..368ad19814 100644
--- a/src/services/files.ts
+++ b/src/services/files.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { Query } from '../types/query';
 import * as ItemsService from './items';
 import storage from '../storage';
 import * as PayloadService from './payload';
+import database from '../database';
+import logger from '../logger';
 
 export const createFile = async (
 	stream: NodeJS.ReadableStream,
@@ -29,5 +31,12 @@ export const updateFile = async (pk: string | number, data: Record<string, any>,
 };
 
 export const deleteFile = async (pk: string | number) => {
-	await ItemsService.deleteItem('directus_files', pk);
+	const file = await database
+		.select('storage', 'filename_disk')
+		.from('directus_files')
+		.where({ id: pk })
+		.first();
+	const { wasDeleted } = await storage.disk(file.storage).delete(file.filename_disk);
+	logger.info(`File ${file.filename_download} deleted: ${wasDeleted}`);
+	await database.delete().from('directus_files').where({ id: pk });
 };