diff --git a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/service/RepositoryService.scala b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/service/RepositoryService.scala
index 831820e..e836446 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/service/RepositoryService.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/service/RepositoryService.scala
@@ -237,10 +237,11 @@
     LockUtil.lock(s"${repository.userName}/${repository.repositoryName}") {
       deleteRepositoryOnModel(repository.userName, repository.repositoryName)
 
-      FileUtils.deleteDirectory(getRepositoryDir(repository.userName, repository.repositoryName))
-      FileUtils.deleteDirectory(getWikiRepositoryDir(repository.userName, repository.repositoryName))
-      FileUtils.deleteDirectory(getTemporaryDir(repository.userName, repository.repositoryName))
-      FileUtils.deleteDirectory(getRepositoryFilesDir(repository.userName, repository.repositoryName))
+      FileUtil.deleteRecursively(getRepositoryDir(repository.userName, repository.repositoryName))
+
+      FileUtil.deleteRecursively(getWikiRepositoryDir(repository.userName, repository.repositoryName))
+      FileUtil.deleteRecursively(getTemporaryDir(repository.userName, repository.repositoryName))
+      FileUtil.deleteRecursively(getRepositoryFilesDir(repository.userName, repository.repositoryName))
 
       // Call hooks
       PluginRegistry().getRepositoryHooks.foreach(_.deleted(repository.userName, repository.repositoryName))
diff --git a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/util/FileUtil.scala b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/util/FileUtil.scala
index 1a30ace..1f266ab 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/util/FileUtil.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/util/FileUtil.scala
@@ -92,4 +92,14 @@
     name
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Delete given folder recursively.
+   */
+  def deleteRecursively(f: File): Boolean = {
+    if (f.isDirectory) f.listFiles match {
+      case files: Array[File] => files.foreach(deleteRecursively)
+      case null               =>
+    }
+    f.delete()
+  }
 }