diff --git a/common/remote_file_oss.cc b/common/remote_file_oss.cc
index 2ea73afe..d9300def 100644
--- a/common/remote_file_oss.cc
+++ b/common/remote_file_oss.cc
@@ -247,15 +247,9 @@ absl::Status RemotePathTouchExistingFile(std::string_view path) {
     return absl::InvalidArgumentError(
         absl::StrCat("path: ", std::string(path), " does not exist."));
   }
-  std::error_code error;
-  std::filesystem::last_write_time(
-      path, std::filesystem::file_time_type::clock::now(), error);
-  if (error) {
-    return absl::UnknownError(absl::StrCat(
-        "filesystem::last_write_time() failed, path: ", std::string(path),
-        ", error: ", error.message()));
-  }
-  return absl::OkStatus();
+  if (0 == utimes(path.data(), nullptr)) return absl::OkStatus();
+  return absl::InternalError(
+      absl::StrCat("Failed to set mtime for ", path, " (errno ", errno, ")."));
 }
 
 absl::Status RemotePathDelete(std::string_view path, bool recursively) {
diff --git a/common/remote_file_test.cc b/common/remote_file_test.cc
index 62694146..e5300795 100644
--- a/common/remote_file_test.cc
+++ b/common/remote_file_test.cc
@@ -152,13 +152,17 @@ TEST(RemotePathTouchExistingFile, UpdatesTheLastModifiedTime) {
   const fs::path temp_dir = GetTestTempDir(test_info_->name());
   const std::string file_path = temp_dir / "file";
   CreateFileOrDie(file_path);
+  absl::SleepFor(absl::Milliseconds(10));
 
-  const auto start_time = std::filesystem::file_time_type::clock::now();
-  absl::SleepFor(absl::Milliseconds(1));
+  const auto start_time = absl::Now();
+  absl::SleepFor(absl::Milliseconds(10));
   ASSERT_TRUE(RemotePathTouchExistingFile(file_path).ok());
-  const auto end_time = std::filesystem::file_time_type::clock::now();
+  absl::SleepFor(absl::Milliseconds(10));
+  const auto end_time = absl::Now();
 
-  const auto last_modified_time = fs::last_write_time(file_path);
+  struct stat st = {0};
+  ASSERT_EQ(lstat(file_path.c_str(), &st), 0);
+  auto last_modified_time = absl::TimeFromTimespec(st.st_mtim);
   ASSERT_LT(last_modified_time, end_time);
   EXPECT_GT(last_modified_time, start_time);
 }