diff --git a/src/cmd_fetch.zig b/src/cmd_fetch.zig
index 9b7a458bf8a8f701ccea61ed24031214392242bf..db0f9765d7d94ba2890218ae22cd2ee391c70b57 100644
--- a/src/cmd_fetch.zig
+++ b/src/cmd_fetch.zig
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ fn fetch_deps(dir: []const u8, mpath: []const u8) anyerror!u.Module {
                     try d.type.pull(d.path, pv);
                     _ = try u.run_cmd(pv, &[_][]const u8{"git", "checkout", vers.string});
                     if (vers.id != .branch) {
-                        const pvd = try u.open_dir_absolute(pv);
+                        const pvd = try std.fs.cwd().openDir(pv, .{});
                         try pvd.deleteTree(".git");
                     }
                     moddir = pv;
diff --git a/src/util/funcs.zig b/src/util/funcs.zig
index 66fb144bb3ae516cf34bff0c87fa5e3655f5a7b8..5819b582b9561b5165f9edffa9cb9ec12b00dd39 100644
--- a/src/util/funcs.zig
+++ b/src/util/funcs.zig
@@ -133,12 +133,6 @@ pub fn list_contains(haystack: [][]const u8, needle: []const u8) bool {
     return false;
 }
 
-pub fn open_dir_absolute(dpath: []const u8) !std.fs.Dir {
-    return std.fs.Dir{
-        .fd = (try std.fs.cwd().openFile(dpath, .{})).handle,
-    };
-}
-
 pub fn list_contains_gen(comptime T: type, haystack: *std.ArrayList(T), needle: T) bool {
     for (haystack.items) |item| {
         if (item.eql(needle)) {