diff --git a/tools/fs/files.js b/tools/fs/files.js
index d55948eb29..ace12543af 100644
--- a/tools/fs/files.js
+++ b/tools/fs/files.js
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ files.renameDirAlmostAtomically =
     // ... and take out the trash.
     if (cleanupGarbage) {
       // We don't care about how long this takes, so we'll let it go async.
-      files.rm_recursive(garbageDir);
+      files.rm_recursive_async(garbageDir);
     }
   });