diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/repository.py b/src/borg/testsuite/repository.py
index c52820e33..d7997d072 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/repository.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/repository.py
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ class RepositoryCheckTestCase(RepositoryTestCaseBase):
             fd.write(b'BOOM')
 
     def delete_segment(self, segment):
-        os.unlink(os.path.join(self.tmppath, 'repository', 'data', '0', str(segment)))
+        self.repository.io.delete_segment(segment)
 
     def delete_index(self):
         os.unlink(os.path.join(self.tmppath, 'repository', f'index.{self.get_head()}'))