diff --git a/gazebo/common/CMakeLists.txt b/gazebo/common/CMakeLists.txt
index b9b3eca0e2..6e32435d61 100644
--- a/gazebo/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gazebo/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -266,10 +266,6 @@ if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
   target_link_libraries(gazebo_common PRIVATE rt)
 endif()
 
-if (NOT APPLE)
-  target_link_libraries(gazebo_common PRIVATE stdc++fs)
-endif()
-
 if (HAVE_GTS)
   target_link_libraries(gazebo_common PRIVATE ${gts_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
diff --git a/gazebo/common/CommonIface.cc b/gazebo/common/CommonIface.cc
index 295e8f04bc..d784ef81d4 100644
--- a/gazebo/common/CommonIface.cc
+++ b/gazebo/common/CommonIface.cc
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@
 #include <sys/sendfile.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifndef __APPLE__
-#include <filesystem>
-#endif
 #include <ignition/common/Filesystem.hh>
 
 #include <boost/filesystem/operations.hpp>
@@ -465,7 +462,7 @@ std::string common::asFullPath(const std::string &_uri,
 #else
   // Not a relative path, return unmodified
   if (_uri.find("://") != std::string::npos ||
-      !std::filesystem::path(_uri).is_relative())
+      !boost::filesystem::path(_uri).is_relative())
   {
     return _uri;
   }