diff --git a/src/cmd_fetch.zig b/src/cmd_fetch.zig
index 7320941b4c05062feb9142b205ce3b6f941f068f..bdfd581616f1b48fe7c571b4b89b4496172f8dd2 100644
--- a/src/cmd_fetch.zig
+++ b/src/cmd_fetch.zig
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ fn fetch_deps(dir: []const u8, mpath: []const u8) anyerror!u.Module {
                         }
                         _ = try run_cmd(null, &[_][]const u8{"git", "clone", d.path, pv});
                         _ = try run_cmd(pv, &[_][]const u8{"git", "checkout", ref});
-                        const pvd = try std.fs.openDirAbsolute(pv, .{});
+                        const pvd = try u.open_dir_absolute(pv);
                         try pvd.deleteTree(".git");
                         moddir = pv;
                     }
diff --git a/src/util/funcs.zig b/src/util/funcs.zig
index 3877519457118d2a5cb879f4ce3b5a28ddb05870..2b6205695c61c988b967f60bc2ec39b1488c5b1f 100644
--- a/src/util/funcs.zig
+++ b/src/util/funcs.zig
@@ -115,3 +115,9 @@ pub fn list_contains(haystack: *std.ArrayList([]const u8), needle: []const u8) b
     }
     return false;
 }
+
+pub fn open_dir_absolute(dpath: []const u8) !std.fs.Dir {
+    return std.fs.Dir{
+        .fd = (try std.fs.openFileAbsolute(dpath, .{})).handle,
+    };
+}