diff --git a/sql/connect/server/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connect/ml/MLCache.scala b/sql/connect/server/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connect/ml/MLCache.scala
index 4c1ded31e8002..a418399615c07 100644
--- a/sql/connect/server/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connect/ml/MLCache.scala
+++ b/sql/connect/server/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connect/ml/MLCache.scala
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong
 import scala.collection.mutable
 
 import com.google.common.cache.{CacheBuilder, RemovalNotification}
-import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils
 
 import org.apache.spark.SparkException
 import org.apache.spark.internal.Logging
 import org.apache.spark.ml.Model
 import org.apache.spark.ml.util.{ConnectHelper, HasTrainingSummary, MLWritable, Summary}
+import org.apache.spark.network.util.JavaUtils
 import org.apache.spark.sql.connect.config.Connect
 import org.apache.spark.sql.connect.service.SessionHolder
 import org.apache.spark.util.SparkFileUtils
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ private[connect] class MLCache(sessionHolder: SessionHolder) extends Logging {
     val size = cachedModel.size()
     cachedModel.clear()
     if (getMemoryControlEnabled) {
-      FileUtils.cleanDirectory(new File(offloadedModelsDir.toString))
+      JavaUtils.deleteRecursively(new File(offloadedModelsDir.toString))
     }
     size
   }