diff --git a/src/cmd/fetch.zig b/src/cmd/fetch.zig
index 08233f0ba0eec2b43d78881ac408bbb19eaaf90d..6713694525fe1437106ab58e56bb5d0acdcf6118 100644
--- a/src/cmd/fetch.zig
+++ b/src/cmd/fetch.zig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const string = []const u8;
 const ansi = @import("ansi");
+const extras = @import("extras");
 
 const zigmod = @import("../lib.zig");
 const u = @import("./../util/index.zig");
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@ const DiffChange = struct {
 fn diff_lockfile(alloc: std.mem.Allocator) !void {
     const max = std.math.maxInt(usize);
 
-    if (try u.does_folder_exist(".git")) {
+    if (try extras.doesFolderExist(null, ".git")) {
         const result = try u.run_cmd_raw(alloc, null, &.{ "git", "diff", "zigmod.lock" });
         var stdout = std.io.fixedBufferStream(result.stdout);
         const r = stdout.reader();
diff --git a/src/cmd/init.zig b/src/cmd/init.zig
index e215648382dae8cdff24b58ca9004919cb43c7d7..94048925b950df2af2dafc7106ba852810c84e1c 100644
--- a/src/cmd/init.zig
+++ b/src/cmd/init.zig
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ pub fn execute(self_name: []const u8, args: [][]u8) !void {
     }
 
     // ask about .gitignore
-    if (try u.does_folder_exist(".git")) {
+    if (try extras.doesFolderExist(null, ".git")) {
         const do = try inquirer.forConfirm(stdout, stdin, "It appears you're using git. Do you want init to add Zigmod to your .gitignore?", gpa);
         if (do) {
             const exists = try extras.doesFileExist(null, ".gitignore");
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ pub fn execute(self_name: []const u8, args: [][]u8) !void {
     }
 
     // ask about .gitattributes
-    if (try u.does_folder_exist(".git")) {
+    if (try extras.doesFolderExist(null, ".git")) {
         const do = try inquirer.forConfirm(stdout, stdin, "It appears you're using git. Do you want init to add Zigmod to your .gitattributes?", gpa);
         if (do) {
             const exists = try extras.doesFileExist(null, ".gitattributes");
diff --git a/src/common.zig b/src/common.zig
index c1765c0676d6c6749cbca8291588c382a92c31f0..ca7912539c06ff9a836a36edbe5e9c5c2b8a4c87 100644
--- a/src/common.zig
+++ b/src/common.zig
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ pub fn get_modpath(cachepath: string, d: zigmod.Dep, options: *CollectOptions) !
                         u.fail("fetch: git: version type '{s}' is invalid.", .{vtype});
                     },
                 };
-                if (try u.does_folder_exist(pv)) {
+                if (try extras.doesFolderExist(null, pv)) {
                     if (vers.id == .branch) {
                         if (options.update) {
                             try d.type.update(options.alloc, pv, d.path);
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ pub fn get_modpath(cachepath: string, d: zigmod.Dep, options: *CollectOptions) !
                 try setTreeReadOnly(pvd, options.alloc);
                 return pv;
             }
-            if (!try u.does_folder_exist(p)) {
+            if (!try extras.doesFolderExist(null, p)) {
                 try d.type.pull(options.alloc, d.path, p);
             } else {
                 if (options.update) {
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ pub fn get_modpath(cachepath: string, d: zigmod.Dep, options: *CollectOptions) !
             return p;
         },
         .hg => {
-            if (!try u.does_folder_exist(p)) {
+            if (!try extras.doesFolderExist(null, p)) {
                 try d.type.pull(options.alloc, d.path, p);
             } else {
                 if (options.update) {
@@ -178,12 +178,12 @@ pub fn get_modpath(cachepath: string, d: zigmod.Dep, options: *CollectOptions) !
             return p;
         },
         .http => {
-            if (try u.does_folder_exist(pv)) {
+            if (try extras.doesFolderExist(null, pv)) {
                 return pv;
             }
             const file_name = try u.last(try u.split(options.alloc, d.path, "/"));
             if (d.version.len > 0) {
-                if (try u.does_folder_exist(pv)) {
+                if (try extras.doesFolderExist(null, pv)) {
                     return pv;
                 }
                 const file_path = try std.fs.path.join(options.alloc, &.{ pv, file_name });
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ pub fn get_modpath(cachepath: string, d: zigmod.Dep, options: *CollectOptions) !
                 u.fail("{s} does not match hash {s}", .{ d.path, d.version });
                 return p;
             }
-            if (try u.does_folder_exist(p)) {
+            if (try extras.doesFolderExist(null, p)) {
                 try std.fs.cwd().deleteTree(p);
             }
             const file_path = try std.fs.path.resolve(options.alloc, &.{ p, file_name });
diff --git a/src/util/funcs.zig b/src/util/funcs.zig
index 11f6e007bb2b1cd38511945736ef621f37fbf00f..97b73547cfc6fdedd58a769dbc834e08188bffdb 100644
--- a/src/util/funcs.zig
+++ b/src/util/funcs.zig
@@ -46,20 +46,6 @@ pub fn split(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, in: string, delim: string) ![]string {
     return list.toOwnedSlice();
 }
 
-pub fn does_folder_exist(fpath: string) !bool {
-    const file = std.fs.cwd().openFile(fpath, .{}) catch |e| switch (e) {
-        error.FileNotFound => return false,
-        error.IsDir => return true,
-        else => |ee| return ee,
-    };
-    defer file.close();
-    const s = try file.stat();
-    if (s.kind != .directory) {
-        return false;
-    }
-    return true;
-}
-
 pub fn trim_suffix(in: string, suffix: string) string {
     if (std.mem.endsWith(u8, in, suffix)) {
         return in[0 .. in.len - suffix.len];