diff --git a/dlls/kernel32/file.c b/dlls/kernel32/file.c
index 18ed188..f69b778 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel32/file.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel32/file.c
@@ -1486,7 +1486,7 @@ BOOL WINAPI DeleteFileW( LPCWSTR path )
     attr.SecurityDescriptor = NULL;
     attr.SecurityQualityOfService = NULL;

-    status = NtCreateFile(&hFile, GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE | DELETE,
+    status = NtCreateFile(&hFile, DELETE,
                          &attr, &io, NULL, 0,
                          FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_DELETE,
                          FILE_OPEN, FILE_DELETE_ON_CLOSE | FILE_NON_DIRECTORY_FILE, NULL, 0);
diff --git a/server/fd.c b/server/fd.c
index f3e42bd..ee99e8f 100644
--- a/server/fd.c
+++ b/server/fd.c
@@ -1776,7 +1776,7 @@ struct fd *open_fd( struct fd *root, const char *name, int flags, mode_t *mode,
         flags &= ~(O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_TRUNC);
     }

-    if ((access & FILE_UNIX_WRITE_ACCESS) && !(options & FILE_DIRECTORY_FILE))
+    if (((access & FILE_UNIX_WRITE_ACCESS) || (access & DELETE)) && !(options & FILE_DIRECTORY_FILE))
     {
         if (access & FILE_UNIX_READ_ACCESS) rw_mode = O_RDWR;
         else rw_mode = O_WRONLY;