diff --git a/libretro-common/file/retro_dirent.c b/libretro-common/file/retro_dirent.c
index 18370fe942..26f3e8a897 100644
--- a/libretro-common/file/retro_dirent.c
+++ b/libretro-common/file/retro_dirent.c
@@ -157,45 +157,6 @@ const char *retro_dirent_get_name(struct RDIR *rdir)
 #endif
 }
 
-static bool path_is_directory_internal(const char *path)
-{
-#if defined(VITA) || defined(PSP)
-   SceIoStat buf;
-   char *tmp  = strdup(path);
-   size_t len = strlen(tmp);
-   if (tmp[len-1] == '/')
-      tmp[len-1]='\0';
-
-   if (sceIoGetstat(tmp, &buf) < 0)
-   {
-      free(tmp);
-      return false;
-   }
-   free(tmp);
-
-   return FIO_S_ISDIR(buf.st_mode);
-#elif defined(__CELLOS_LV2__)
-   CellFsStat buf;
-   if (cellFsStat(path, &buf) < 0)
-      return false;
-   return ((buf.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR);
-#elif defined(_WIN32)
-   struct _stat buf;
-   DWORD file_info = GetFileAttributes(path);
-
-   _stat(path, &buf);
-
-   if (file_info == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES)
-      return false;
-   return (file_info & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY);
-#else
-   struct stat buf;
-   if (stat(path, &buf) < 0)
-      return false;
-   return S_ISDIR(buf.st_mode);
-#endif
-}
-
 /**
  *
  * retro_dirent_is_dir:
@@ -222,17 +183,20 @@ bool retro_dirent_is_dir(struct RDIR *rdir, const char *path)
 #elif defined(__CELLOS_LV2__)
    CellFsDirent *entry = (CellFsDirent*)&rdir->entry;
    return (entry->d_type == CELL_FS_TYPE_DIRECTORY);
-#elif defined(DT_DIR)
+#else
+   struct stat buf;
+#if defined(DT_DIR)
    const struct dirent *entry = (const struct dirent*)rdir->entry;
    if (entry->d_type == DT_DIR)
       return true;
    /* This can happen on certain file systems. */
-   if (entry->d_type == DT_UNKNOWN || entry->d_type == DT_LNK)
-      return path_is_directory_internal(path);
-   return false;
-#else
+   if (!(entry->d_type == DT_UNKNOWN || entry->d_type == DT_LNK))
+      return false;
+#endif
    /* dirent struct doesn't have d_type, do it the slow way ... */
-   return path_is_directory_internal(path);
+   if (stat(path, &buf) < 0)
+      return false;
+   return S_ISDIR(buf.st_mode);
 #endif
 }