1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/build.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/build.py
index f127796c07..bd9b93a12d 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/build.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/build.py
@@ -405,9 +405,8 @@ def make_stamp(task, d, file_name = None):
     stamp = stamp_internal(task, d, file_name)
     # Remove the file and recreate to force timestamp
     # change on broken NFS filesystems
-    if os.access(stamp, os.F_OK):
-        os.remove(stamp)
     if stamp:
+        bb.utils.remove(stamp)
         f = open(stamp, "w")
         f.close()
 
@@ -417,8 +416,7 @@ def del_stamp(task, d, file_name = None):
     (d can be a data dict or dataCache)
     """
     stamp = stamp_internal(task, d, file_name)
-    if os.access(stamp, os.F_OK):
-        os.remove(stamp)
+    bb.utils.remove(stamp)
 
 def stampfile(taskname, d):
     return stamp_internal(taskname, d, None)