diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/fragment.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/fragment.py
index 7bb61a5414..ea5e3a4b5d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/downloader/fragment.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/fragment.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def _append_fragment(self, ctx, frag_content):
             if self.__do_ytdl_file(ctx):
                 self._write_ytdl_file(ctx)
             if not self.params.get('keep_fragments', False):
-                os.remove(ctx['fragment_filename_sanitized'])
+                os.remove(encodeFilename(ctx['fragment_filename_sanitized']))
             del ctx['fragment_filename_sanitized']
 
     def _prepare_frag_download(self, ctx):