diff --git a/src/Assets/Uploader.php b/src/Assets/Uploader.php
index d740a8ae40..9493d6a4c3 100644
--- a/src/Assets/Uploader.php
+++ b/src/Assets/Uploader.php
@@ -2,18 +2,15 @@
 
 namespace Statamic\Assets;
 
-use Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem;
 use Statamic\Facades\Glide;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\UploadedFile;
 
 abstract class Uploader
 {
-    private $files;
     private $glideTmpPath;
 
     public function __construct()
     {
-        $this->files = app(Filesystem::class);
         $this->glideTmpPath = storage_path('statamic/glide/tmp');
     }
 
@@ -23,7 +20,7 @@ public function upload(UploadedFile $file)
 
         $this->write($source, $path = $this->uploadPath($file));
 
-        $this->deleteTemporaryFiles();
+        app('files')->delete($source);
 
         return $path;
     }
@@ -59,13 +56,6 @@ private function write($sourcePath, $destinationPath)
         }
     }
 
-    private function deleteTemporaryFiles()
-    {
-        if ($this->files->exists($this->glideTmpPath)) {
-            $this->files->deleteDirectory($this->glideTmpPath);
-        }
-    }
-
     abstract protected function uploadPath(UploadedFile $file);
 
     protected function uploadPathPrefix()
diff --git a/tests/Assets/AssetTest.php b/tests/Assets/AssetTest.php
index 04a828e7fb..460585708f 100644
--- a/tests/Assets/AssetTest.php
+++ b/tests/Assets/AssetTest.php
@@ -1628,7 +1628,8 @@ public function it_can_upload_an_image_into_a_container_with_glide_config()
         $return = $asset->upload(UploadedFile::fake()->image('asset.jpg', 20, 30));
 
         $this->assertEquals($asset, $return);
-        $this->assertDirectoryNotExists(storage_path('statamic/glide/tmp'));
+        $this->assertDirectoryExists($glideDir = storage_path('statamic/glide/tmp'));
+        $this->assertEmpty(app('files')->allFiles($glideDir)); // no temp files
         Storage::disk('test')->assertExists('path/to/asset.jpg');
         $this->assertEquals('path/to/asset.jpg', $asset->path());
         Event::assertDispatched(AssetUploaded::class, function ($event) use ($asset) {