diff --git a/src/common/FSNodeZIP.hxx b/src/common/FSNodeZIP.hxx
index 079d3c546..f71698871 100644
--- a/src/common/FSNodeZIP.hxx
+++ b/src/common/FSNodeZIP.hxx
@@ -106,21 +106,6 @@ class FilesystemNodeZIP : public AbstractFSNode
 
     // ZipHandler static reference variable responsible for accessing ZIP files
     static unique_ptr<ZipHandler> myZipHandler;
-
-    // Get last component of path
-    static const char* lastPathComponent(const string& str)
-    {
-      if(str.empty())
-        return "";
-
-      const char* start = str.c_str();
-      const char* cur = start + str.size() - 2;
-
-      while (cur >= start && !(*cur == '/' || *cur == '\\'))
-        --cur;
-
-      return cur + 1;
-    }
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/emucore/FSNode.hxx b/src/emucore/FSNode.hxx
index 05378d185..0737b8bdd 100644
--- a/src/emucore/FSNode.hxx
+++ b/src/emucore/FSNode.hxx
@@ -471,6 +471,26 @@ class AbstractFSNode
      *          a try-catch block.
      */
     virtual size_t write(const stringstream& buffer) const { return 0; }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the last component of a given path.
+     *
+     * @param str  String containing the path.
+     * @return  Pointer to the first char of the last component inside str.
+     */
+    static const char* lastPathComponent(const string& str)
+    {
+      if(str.empty())
+        return "";
+
+      const char* start = str.c_str();
+      const char* cur = start + str.size() - 2;
+
+      while (cur >= start && !(*cur == '/' || *cur == '\\'))
+        --cur;
+
+      return cur + 1;
+    }
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/unix/FSNodePOSIX.hxx b/src/unix/FSNodePOSIX.hxx
index 5aba86afa..3e09e3bb5 100644
--- a/src/unix/FSNodePOSIX.hxx
+++ b/src/unix/FSNodePOSIX.hxx
@@ -89,30 +89,6 @@ class FilesystemNodePOSIX : public AbstractFSNode
      * using the stat() function.
      */
     void setFlags();
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the last component of a given path.
-     *
-     * Examples:
-     *			/foo/bar.txt would return /bar.txt
-     *			/foo/bar/    would return /bar/
-     *
-     * @param str String containing the path.
-     * @return Pointer to the first char of the last component inside str.
-     */
-    static const char* lastPathComponent(const string& str)
-    {
-      if(str.empty())
-        return "";
-
-      const char* start = str.c_str();
-      const char* cur = start + str.size() - 2;
-
-      while (cur >= start && *cur != '/')
-        --cur;
-
-      return cur + 1;
-    }
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/windows/FSNodeWINDOWS.cxx b/src/windows/FSNodeWINDOWS.cxx
index 179476b27..bc4212ddd 100644
--- a/src/windows/FSNodeWINDOWS.cxx
+++ b/src/windows/FSNodeWINDOWS.cxx
@@ -39,31 +39,6 @@
 #include "Windows.hxx"
 #include "FSNodeWINDOWS.hxx"
 
-/**
- * Returns the last component of a given path.
- *
- * Examples:
- *			c:\foo\bar.txt would return "\bar.txt"
- *			c:\foo\bar\    would return "\bar\"
- *
- * @param str Path to obtain the last component from.
- * @return Pointer to the first char of the last component inside str.
- */
-// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-const char* lastPathComponent(const string& str)
-{
-  if(str.empty())
-    return "";
-
-  const char* start = str.c_str();
-  const char* cur = start + str.size() - 2;
-
-  while(cur >= start && *cur != '\\')
-    --cur;
-
-  return cur + 1;
-}
-
 // - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 bool FilesystemNodeWINDOWS::exists() const
 {