diff --git a/src/libstore/gc.cc b/src/libstore/gc.cc
index 3cd4fb839..877608a84 100644
--- a/src/libstore/gc.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/gc.cc
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ void LocalStore::findRoots(const Path & path, std::filesystem::file_type type, R
     try {
 
         if (type == std::filesystem::file_type::unknown)
-            type = getFileType(path);
+            type = std::filesystem::symlink_status(path).type();
 
         if (type == std::filesystem::file_type::directory) {
             for (auto & i : readDirectory(path))
diff --git a/src/libstore/indirect-root-store.cc b/src/libstore/indirect-root-store.cc
index 082a458ab..844d0d6ed 100644
--- a/src/libstore/indirect-root-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/indirect-root-store.cc
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ void IndirectRootStore::makeSymlink(const Path & link, const Path & target)
     createSymlink(target, tempLink);
 
     /* Atomically replace the old one. */
-    renameFile(tempLink, link);
+    std::filesystem::rename(tempLink, link);
 }
 
 Path IndirectRootStore::addPermRoot(const StorePath & storePath, const Path & _gcRoot)
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-binary-cache-store.cc b/src/libstore/local-binary-cache-store.cc
index 3a48f4480..6743c633e 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-binary-cache-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/local-binary-cache-store.cc
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ protected:
         AutoDelete del(tmp, false);
         StreamToSourceAdapter source(istream);
         writeFile(tmp, source);
-        renameFile(tmp, path2);
+        std::filesystem::rename(tmp, path2);
         del.cancel();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-store.cc b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
index 800e69309..1f31f9bd8 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
@@ -1779,7 +1779,7 @@ void LocalStore::addBuildLog(const StorePath & drvPath, std::string_view log)
 
     writeFile(tmpFile, compress("bzip2", log));
 
-    renameFile(tmpFile, logPath);
+    std::filesystem::rename(tmpFile, logPath);
 }
 
 std::optional<std::string> LocalStore::getVersion()
diff --git a/src/libstore/unix/build/derivation-goal.cc b/src/libstore/unix/build/derivation-goal.cc
index 8d6e35015..89518b055 100644
--- a/src/libstore/unix/build/derivation-goal.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/unix/build/derivation-goal.cc
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ static void movePath(const Path & src, const Path & dst)
     if (changePerm)
         chmod_(src, st.st_mode | S_IWUSR);
 
-    renameFile(src, dst);
+    std::filesystem::rename(src, dst);
 
     if (changePerm)
         chmod_(dst, st.st_mode);
diff --git a/src/libstore/unix/build/local-derivation-goal.cc b/src/libstore/unix/build/local-derivation-goal.cc
index 3b010350d..16095cf5d 100644
--- a/src/libstore/unix/build/local-derivation-goal.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/unix/build/local-derivation-goal.cc
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static void movePath(const Path & src, const Path & dst)
     if (changePerm)
         chmod_(src, st.st_mode | S_IWUSR);
 
-    renameFile(src, dst);
+    std::filesystem::rename(src, dst);
 
     if (changePerm)
         chmod_(dst, st.st_mode);
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ bool LocalDerivationGoal::cleanupDecideWhetherDiskFull()
             if (buildMode != bmCheck && status.known->isValid()) continue;
             auto p = worker.store.toRealPath(status.known->path);
             if (pathExists(chrootRootDir + p))
-                renameFile((chrootRootDir + p), p);
+                std::filesystem::rename((chrootRootDir + p), p);
         }
 
     return diskFull;
@@ -421,7 +421,9 @@ static void doBind(const Path & source, const Path & target, bool optional = fal
     } else if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
         // Symlinks can (apparently) not be bind-mounted, so just copy it
         createDirs(dirOf(target));
-        copyFile(source, target, /* andDelete */ false);
+        copyFile(
+            std::filesystem::path(source),
+            std::filesystem::path(target), false);
     } else {
         createDirs(dirOf(target));
         writeFile(target, "");
@@ -2568,8 +2570,11 @@ SingleDrvOutputs LocalDerivationGoal::registerOutputs()
                 // Replace the output by a fresh copy of itself to make sure
                 // that there's no stale file descriptor pointing to it
                 Path tmpOutput = actualPath + ".tmp";
-                copyFile(actualPath, tmpOutput, true);
-                renameFile(tmpOutput, actualPath);
+                copyFile(
+                    std::filesystem::path(actualPath),
+                    std::filesystem::path(tmpOutput), true);
+
+                std::filesystem::rename(tmpOutput, actualPath);
 
                 auto newInfo0 = newInfoFromCA(DerivationOutput::CAFloating {
                     .method = dof.ca.method,
diff --git a/src/libstore/unix/builtins/unpack-channel.cc b/src/libstore/unix/builtins/unpack-channel.cc
index 47bf5d49c..bdc724a70 100644
--- a/src/libstore/unix/builtins/unpack-channel.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/unix/builtins/unpack-channel.cc
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ void builtinUnpackChannel(
     auto entries = readDirectory(out);
     if (entries.size() != 1)
         throw Error("channel tarball '%s' contains more than one file", src);
-    renameFile(entries[0].path().string(), (out + "/" + channelName));
+    std::filesystem::rename(entries[0].path().string(), (out + "/" + channelName));
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/libutil/file-system.cc b/src/libutil/file-system.cc
index 39efa19fe..f5628bfdb 100644
--- a/src/libutil/file-system.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/file-system.cc
@@ -236,12 +236,6 @@ std::vector<fs::directory_entry> readDirectory(const Path & path)
 }
 
 
-fs::file_type getFileType(const Path & path)
-{
-    return fs::symlink_status(path).type();
-}
-
-
 std::string readFile(const Path & path)
 {
     AutoCloseFD fd = toDescriptor(open(path.c_str(), O_RDONLY
@@ -588,7 +582,7 @@ void replaceSymlink(const Path & target, const Path & link)
             throw;
         }
 
-        renameFile(tmp, link);
+        std::filesystem::rename(tmp, link);
 
         break;
     }
@@ -611,29 +605,29 @@ static void setWriteTime(const fs::path & p, const struct stat & st)
 }
 #endif
 
-void copy(const fs::directory_entry & from, const fs::path & to, bool andDelete)
+void copyFile(const fs::path & from, const fs::path & to, bool andDelete)
 {
 #ifndef _WIN32
     // TODO: Rewrite the `is_*` to use `symlink_status()`
-    auto statOfFrom = lstat(from.path().c_str());
+    auto statOfFrom = lstat(from.c_str());
 #endif
-    auto fromStatus = from.symlink_status();
+    auto fromStatus = fs::symlink_status(from);
 
     // Mark the directory as writable so that we can delete its children
     if (andDelete && fs::is_directory(fromStatus)) {
-        fs::permissions(from.path(), fs::perms::owner_write, fs::perm_options::add | fs::perm_options::nofollow);
+        fs::permissions(from, fs::perms::owner_write, fs::perm_options::add | fs::perm_options::nofollow);
     }
 
 
     if (fs::is_symlink(fromStatus) || fs::is_regular_file(fromStatus)) {
-        fs::copy(from.path(), to, fs::copy_options::copy_symlinks | fs::copy_options::overwrite_existing);
+        fs::copy(from, to, fs::copy_options::copy_symlinks | fs::copy_options::overwrite_existing);
     } else if (fs::is_directory(fromStatus)) {
         fs::create_directory(to);
-        for (auto & entry : fs::directory_iterator(from.path())) {
-            copy(entry, to / entry.path().filename(), andDelete);
+        for (auto & entry : fs::directory_iterator(from)) {
+            copyFile(entry, to / entry.path().filename(), andDelete);
         }
     } else {
-        throw Error("file '%s' has an unsupported type", from.path());
+        throw Error("file '%s' has an unsupported type", from);
     }
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
@@ -641,25 +635,15 @@ void copy(const fs::directory_entry & from, const fs::path & to, bool andDelete)
 #endif
     if (andDelete) {
         if (!fs::is_symlink(fromStatus))
-            fs::permissions(from.path(), fs::perms::owner_write, fs::perm_options::add | fs::perm_options::nofollow);
-        fs::remove(from.path());
+            fs::permissions(from, fs::perms::owner_write, fs::perm_options::add | fs::perm_options::nofollow);
+        fs::remove(from);
     }
 }
 
-void copyFile(const Path & oldPath, const Path & newPath, bool andDelete)
-{
-    return copy(fs::directory_entry(fs::path(oldPath)), fs::path(newPath), andDelete);
-}
-
-void renameFile(const Path & oldName, const Path & newName)
-{
-    fs::rename(oldName, newName);
-}
-
 void moveFile(const Path & oldName, const Path & newName)
 {
     try {
-        renameFile(oldName, newName);
+        std::filesystem::rename(oldName, newName);
     } catch (fs::filesystem_error & e) {
         auto oldPath = fs::path(oldName);
         auto newPath = fs::path(newName);
@@ -673,8 +657,8 @@ void moveFile(const Path & oldName, const Path & newName)
         if (e.code().value() == EXDEV) {
             fs::remove(newPath);
             warn("Can’t rename %s as %s, copying instead", oldName, newName);
-            copy(fs::directory_entry(oldPath), tempCopyTarget, true);
-            renameFile(
+            copyFile(oldPath, tempCopyTarget, true);
+            std::filesystem::rename(
                 os_string_to_string(PathViewNG { tempCopyTarget }),
                 os_string_to_string(PathViewNG { newPath }));
         }
diff --git a/src/libutil/file-system.hh b/src/libutil/file-system.hh
index 4536accc3..a3f412224 100644
--- a/src/libutil/file-system.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/file-system.hh
@@ -128,8 +128,6 @@ Descriptor openDirectory(const std::filesystem::path & path);
  */
 std::vector<std::filesystem::directory_entry> readDirectory(const Path & path);
 
-std::filesystem::file_type getFileType(const Path & path);
-
 /**
  * Read the contents of a file into a string.
  */
@@ -177,8 +175,6 @@ void createSymlink(const Path & target, const Path & link);
  */
 void replaceSymlink(const Path & target, const Path & link);
 
-void renameFile(const Path & src, const Path & dst);
-
 /**
  * Similar to 'renameFile', but fallback to a copy+remove if `src` and `dst`
  * are on a different filesystem.
@@ -194,7 +190,7 @@ void moveFile(const Path & src, const Path & dst);
  * with the guaranty that the destination will be “fresh”, with no stale inode
  * or file descriptor pointing to it).
  */
-void copyFile(const Path & oldPath, const Path & newPath, bool andDelete);
+void copyFile(const std::filesystem::path & from, const std::filesystem::path & to, bool andDelete);
 
 /**
  * Automatic cleanup of resources.