diff --git a/Common/LogManager.cpp b/Common/LogManager.cpp
index 113dc8200a..70298f7c4e 100644
--- a/Common/LogManager.cpp
+++ b/Common/LogManager.cpp
@@ -291,12 +291,13 @@ void LogManager::RemoveListener(LogListener *listener) {
 }
 
 FileLogListener::FileLogListener(const char *filename) {
-#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__MINGW32__)
-	m_logfile.open(ConvertUTF8ToWString(filename).c_str(), std::ios::app);
-#else
-	m_logfile.open(filename, std::ios::app);
-#endif
-	SetEnabled(true);
+	fp_ = File::OpenCFile(filename, "at");
+	SetEnabled(fp_ != nullptr);
+}
+
+FileLogListener::~FileLogListener() {
+	if (fp_)
+		fclose(fp_);
 }
 
 void FileLogListener::Log(const LogMessage &message) {
@@ -304,7 +305,8 @@ void FileLogListener::Log(const LogMessage &message) {
 		return;
 
 	std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(m_log_lock);
-	m_logfile << message.timestamp << " " << message.header << " " << message.msg << std::flush;
+	fprintf(fp_, "%s %s %s", message.timestamp, message.header, message.msg.c_str());
+	fflush(fp_);
 }
 
 void OutputDebugStringLogListener::Log(const LogMessage &message) {
diff --git a/Common/LogManager.h b/Common/LogManager.h
index f5d4c61f12..805c48c5f8 100644
--- a/Common/LogManager.h
+++ b/Common/LogManager.h
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 
 #include "ppsspp_config.h"
 
-#include <fstream>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <vector>
 #include <cstdarg>
+#include <cstdio>
 
 #include "Common/Data/Format/IniFile.h"
 #include "Common/CommonFuncs.h"
@@ -53,18 +53,19 @@ public:
 class FileLogListener : public LogListener {
 public:
 	FileLogListener(const char *filename);
+	~FileLogListener();
 
 	void Log(const LogMessage &msg);
 
-	bool IsValid() { if (!m_logfile) return false; else return true; }
+	bool IsValid() { if (!fp_) return false; else return true; }
 	bool IsEnabled() const { return m_enable; }
 	void SetEnabled(bool enable) { m_enable = enable; }
 
-	const char* GetName() const { return "file"; }
+	const char *GetName() const { return "file"; }
 
 private:
 	std::mutex m_log_lock;
-	std::ofstream m_logfile;
+	FILE *fp_ = nullptr;
 	bool m_enable;
 };