1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/cli/js/ops/fs/remove.ts b/cli/js/ops/fs/remove.ts
index d5af82f9b..d1a8702f1 100644
--- a/cli/js/ops/fs/remove.ts
+++ b/cli/js/ops/fs/remove.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,23 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2020 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 import { sendSync, sendAsync } from "../dispatch_json.ts";
+import { pathFromURL } from "../../util.ts";
 
 export interface RemoveOptions {
   recursive?: boolean;
 }
 
-export function removeSync(path: string, options: RemoveOptions = {}): void {
+export function removeSync(
+  path: string | URL,
+  options: RemoveOptions = {}
+): void {
+  path = pathFromURL(path);
   sendSync("op_remove", { path, recursive: !!options.recursive });
 }
 
 export async function remove(
-  path: string,
+  path: string | URL,
   options: RemoveOptions = {}
 ): Promise<void> {
+  path = pathFromURL(path);
   await sendAsync("op_remove", { path, recursive: !!options.recursive });
 }