diff --git a/src/cmd_fetch.zig b/src/cmd_fetch.zig
index 60ab2773fc310c1849b37544d539d9ff55b78168..d80a9c4fa41e051bf82d6ab27aa0c10e57dc9434 100644
--- a/src/cmd_fetch.zig
+++ b/src/cmd_fetch.zig
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ fn print_deps(w: fs.File.Writer, dir: []const u8, m: u.Module, tabs: i32) anyerr
     try w.print("{}", .{try u.concat(&[_][]const u8{r,"}"})});
 }
 
-    if (u.list_contains(list, mod.clean_path)) {
 fn print_incl_dirs_to(w: fs.File.Writer, mod: u.Module, list: *std.ArrayList([]const u8), local: bool) anyerror!void {
+    if (u.list_contains(list.items, mod.clean_path)) {
         return;
     }
     try list.append(mod.clean_path);
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ fn print_incl_dirs_to(w: fs.File.Writer, mod: u.Module, list: *std.ArrayList([]c
     }
 }
 
-    if (u.list_contains(list, mod.clean_path)) {
 fn print_csrc_dirs_to(w: fs.File.Writer, mod: u.Module, list: *std.ArrayList([]const u8), local: bool) anyerror!void {
+    if (u.list_contains(list.items, mod.clean_path)) {
         return;
     }
     try list.append(mod.clean_path);
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ fn print_csrc_dirs_to(w: fs.File.Writer, mod: u.Module, list: *std.ArrayList([]c
     }
 }
 
-    if (u.list_contains(list, mod.clean_path)) {
 fn print_csrc_flags_to(w: fs.File.Writer, mod: u.Module, list: *std.ArrayList([]const u8), local: bool) anyerror!void {
+    if (u.list_contains(list.items, mod.clean_path)) {
         return;
     }
     try list.append(mod.clean_path);
diff --git a/src/util/funcs.zig b/src/util/funcs.zig
index 840c4d478f24176d4c17a5a63f4d074c41740a39..5d47afade8e229f04349bdda2c4c954cdb3e2a6b 100644
--- a/src/util/funcs.zig
+++ b/src/util/funcs.zig
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ pub fn print_all(w: std.fs.File.Writer, items: anytype, ln: bool) !void {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn list_contains(haystack: *std.ArrayList([]const u8), needle: []const u8) bool {
-    for (haystack.items) |item| {
+pub fn list_contains(haystack: [][]const u8, needle: []const u8) bool {
+    for (haystack) |item| {
         if (std.mem.eql(u8, item, needle)) {
             return true;
         }