diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DictsActivity.java b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DictsActivity.java
index cd46f717d..e386fdb9b 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DictsActivity.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DictsActivity.java
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public class DictsActivity extends ListActivity
             editor.commit();
             break;
         case R.id.dicts_item_delete:
-            deleteFile( m_dicts[info.position] );
+            GameUtils.deleteDict( this, m_dicts[info.position] );
             mkListAdapter();
             handled = true;
             break;
diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/GameUtils.java b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/GameUtils.java
index fe91f13fd..5c56d8b34 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/GameUtils.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/GameUtils.java
@@ -234,6 +234,14 @@ public class GameUtils {
         return al.toArray( new String[al.size()] );
     }
 
+    public static void deleteDict( Context context, String name )
+    {
+        if ( ! name.endsWith( XWConstants.DICT_EXTN ) ) {
+            name += XWConstants.DICT_EXTN;
+        }
+        context.deleteFile( name );
+    }
+
     public static byte[] openDict( Context context, String name )
     {
         byte[] bytes = null;