diff --git a/src/itdb_sqlite.c b/src/itdb_sqlite.c
index a4eac73..24240b1 100644
--- a/src/itdb_sqlite.c
+++ b/src/itdb_sqlite.c
@@ -1025,21 +1025,13 @@ static void mk_Locations(Itdb_iTunesDB *itdb, const char *outpath, const char *u
     sqlite3_stmt *stmt = NULL;
     const char *sqltail = NULL;
     char *errmsg = NULL;
-    struct stat fst;
     int idx = 0;
    
     dbf = g_build_filename(outpath, "Locations.itdb", NULL);
     printf("[%s] Processing '%s'\n", __func__, dbf);
-    if (stat(dbf, &fst) != 0) {
-	if (errno == ENOENT) {
-	    /* file is not present. so we will create it */
-	} else {
-	    fprintf(stderr, "[%s] Error: stat: %s\n", __func__, strerror(errno));
-	    goto leave;
-	}
-    } else {
-	/* file is present. delete it, we'll re-create it. */
-	if (unlink(dbf) != 0) {
+    /* file is present. delete it, we'll re-create it. */
+    if (g_unlink(dbf) != 0) {
+	if (errno != ENOENT) {
 	    fprintf(stderr, "[%s] could not delete '%s': %s\n", __func__, dbf, strerror(errno));
 	    goto leave;
 	}