diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot.c b/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot.c
index 8723a44b43..27ecdb6189 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot.c
@@ -474,25 +474,23 @@ remount_writable (const char *path, gboolean *did_remount, GError **error)
 static gboolean
 _ostree_sysroot_invisible (const OstreeSysroot *self, gboolean *out_val, GError **error)
 {
-  gboolean exists;
-
   g_assert (self->sysroot_fd >= 0);
   g_assert (self->root_is_ostree_booted);
 
-  if (!ot_path_exists (self->sysroot_fd, "sysroot/ostree", &exists, error))
+  if (!glnx_fstatat_allow_noent (self->sysroot_fd, "sysroot/ostree", NULL, 0, error))
     return FALSE;
 
-  if (exists)
+  if (errno == 0)
     {
       *out_val = FALSE;
       return TRUE;
     }
 
   // root_is_ostree_booted is true so we can use AT_FDCWD here
-  if (!ot_path_exists (AT_FDCWD, OTCORE_RUN_OSTREE_PRIVATE "/sysroot-ns", &exists, error))
+  if (!glnx_fstatat_allow_noent (AT_FDCWD, OTCORE_RUN_OSTREE_PRIVATE "/sysroot-ns", NULL, 0, error))
     return FALSE;
 
-  if (!exists)
+  if (errno != 0)
     {
       *out_val = FALSE;
       return TRUE;
diff --git a/src/libotutil/ot-fs-utils.c b/src/libotutil/ot-fs-utils.c
index f986f8d75e..1e961a986c 100644
--- a/src/libotutil/ot-fs-utils.c
+++ b/src/libotutil/ot-fs-utils.c
@@ -277,26 +277,3 @@ ot_get_dir_size (int dfd, const char *path, guint64 blocksize, guint64 *out_size
 
   return TRUE;
 }
-
-/* Check whether a path exists */
-gboolean
-ot_path_exists (int dfd, const char *path, gboolean *out_val, GError **error)
-{
-  g_autoptr (GError) local_error = NULL;
-
-  struct stat stbuf;
-  if (glnx_fstatat (dfd, path, &stbuf, 0, &local_error))
-    {
-      *out_val = TRUE;
-      return TRUE;
-    }
-
-  if (g_error_matches (local_error, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_NOT_FOUND))
-    {
-      *out_val = FALSE;
-      return TRUE;
-    }
-
-  g_propagate_error (error, local_error);
-  return FALSE;
-}
diff --git a/src/libotutil/ot-fs-utils.h b/src/libotutil/ot-fs-utils.h
index 52f0f6219b..7df79ba2a6 100644
--- a/src/libotutil/ot-fs-utils.h
+++ b/src/libotutil/ot-fs-utils.h
@@ -78,6 +78,4 @@ gboolean ot_parse_file_by_line (const char *path, gboolean (*cb) (const char *,
 gboolean ot_get_dir_size (int dfd, const char *path, guint64 blocksize, guint64 *out_size,
                           GCancellable *cancellable, GError **error);
 
-gboolean ot_path_exists (int dfd, const char *path, gboolean *out_val, GError **error);
-
 G_END_DECLS