diff --git a/src/imex.rs b/src/imex.rs
index 7d673caed..024a96373 100644
--- a/src/imex.rs
+++ b/src/imex.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ use crate::log::LogExt;
 use crate::message::{Message, Viewtype};
 use crate::pgp;
 use crate::sql;
-use crate::tools::{create_folder, delete_file, get_filesuffix_lc, read_file, time, write_file};
+use crate::tools::{
+    create_folder, delete_file, get_filesuffix_lc, read_file, time, write_file, TempPathGuard,
+};
 
 mod key_transfer;
 mod transfer;
@@ -359,8 +361,8 @@ async fn export_backup(context: &Context, dir: &Path, passphrase: String) -> Res
     let now = time();
     let self_addr = context.get_primary_self_addr().await?;
     let (temp_db_path, temp_path, dest_path) = get_next_backup_path(dir, &self_addr, now)?;
-    let _d1 = DeleteOnDrop(temp_db_path.clone());
-    let _d2 = DeleteOnDrop(temp_path.clone());
+    let temp_db_path = TempPathGuard::new(temp_db_path);
+    let temp_path = TempPathGuard::new(temp_path);
 
     export_database(context, &temp_db_path, passphrase, now)
         .await
@@ -387,15 +389,6 @@ async fn export_backup(context: &Context, dir: &Path, passphrase: String) -> Res
 
     res
 }
-struct DeleteOnDrop(PathBuf);
-impl Drop for DeleteOnDrop {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        let file = self.0.clone();
-        // Not using `tools::delete_file` here because it would send a DeletedBlobFile event
-        // Hack to avoid panic in nested runtime calls of tokio
-        std::fs::remove_file(file).ok();
-    }
-}
 
 async fn export_backup_inner(
     context: &Context,
diff --git a/src/imex/transfer.rs b/src/imex/transfer.rs
index e8843d653..515838261 100644
--- a/src/imex/transfer.rs
+++ b/src/imex/transfer.rs
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
 
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::net::Ipv4Addr;
-use std::ops::Deref;
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::path::Path;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::task::Poll;
 
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ use crate::context::Context;
 use crate::message::{Message, Viewtype};
 use crate::qr::{self, Qr};
 use crate::stock_str::backup_transfer_msg_body;
-use crate::tools::time;
+use crate::tools::{time, TempPathGuard};
 use crate::{e2ee, EventType};
 
 use super::{export_database, DBFILE_BACKUP_NAME};
@@ -306,37 +305,6 @@ impl Future for BackupProvider {
     }
 }
 
-/// A guard which will remove the path when dropped.
-///
-/// It implements [`Deref`] it it can be used as a `&Path`.
-#[derive(Debug)]
-struct TempPathGuard {
-    path: PathBuf,
-}
-
-impl TempPathGuard {
-    fn new(path: PathBuf) -> Self {
-        Self { path }
-    }
-}
-
-impl Drop for TempPathGuard {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        let path = self.path.clone();
-        tokio::spawn(async move {
-            fs::remove_file(&path).await.ok();
-        });
-    }
-}
-
-impl Deref for TempPathGuard {
-    type Target = Path;
-
-    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
-        &self.path
-    }
-}
-
 /// Create [`EventType::ImexProgress`] events using readable names.
 ///
 /// Plus you get warnings if you don't use all variants.
diff --git a/src/tools.rs b/src/tools.rs
index 4a5233a33..06d6dd5ea 100644
--- a/src/tools.rs
+++ b/src/tools.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::io::{Cursor, Write};
 use std::mem;
+use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::str::from_utf8;
 // If a time value doesn't need to be sent to another host, saved to the db or otherwise used across
@@ -361,6 +362,41 @@ pub async fn delete_files_in_dir(context: &Context, path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> R
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// A guard which will remove the path when dropped.
+///
+/// It implements [`Deref`] so it can be used as a `&Path`.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub(crate) struct TempPathGuard {
+    path: PathBuf,
+}
+
+impl TempPathGuard {
+    pub(crate) fn new(path: PathBuf) -> Self {
+        Self { path }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for TempPathGuard {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        let path = self.path.clone();
+        std::fs::remove_file(path).ok();
+    }
+}
+
+impl Deref for TempPathGuard {
+    type Target = Path;
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        &self.path
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsRef<Path> for TempPathGuard {
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &Path {
+        self
+    }
+}
+
 pub(crate) async fn create_folder(
     context: &Context,
     path: impl AsRef<Path>,