diff --git a/mailbox-android/src/androidTest/java/org/briarproject/mailbox/core/DatabaseCreationTest.kt b/mailbox-android/src/androidTest/java/org/briarproject/mailbox/core/DatabaseCreationTest.kt
index a4a25885dee475e9bbe18982736cc90bc9727c53..b2f5542ebd5ea3b6dce7f537e8dfd0031030df4a 100644
--- a/mailbox-android/src/androidTest/java/org/briarproject/mailbox/core/DatabaseCreationTest.kt
+++ b/mailbox-android/src/androidTest/java/org/briarproject/mailbox/core/DatabaseCreationTest.kt
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ import android.util.Log
 import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
 import org.junit.Test
 import org.sqlite.mc.SQLiteMCConfig
-import java.nio.file.Files
-import java.nio.file.Path
+import java.io.File
 import java.sql.Connection
 import java.sql.DriverManager
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ class DatabaseCreationTest {
     fun createDatabase(): Unit = runBlocking {
         Class.forName("org.sqlite.JDBC")
 
-        val file: Path = Files.createTempFile("test", ".sqlite")
+        val file: File = File.createTempFile("test", ".sqlite")
         Log.i(LOG_TAG, "file: $file")
         val connection: Connection = DriverManager.getConnection(
             "jdbc:sqlite:$file",
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ class DatabaseCreationTest {
             }
         }
 
-        Files.delete(file)
+        file.delete()
     }
 
 }