diff --git a/src/fshelper/mod.rs b/src/fshelper/mod.rs
index b473a76..5beff0c 100644
--- a/src/fshelper/mod.rs
+++ b/src/fshelper/mod.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 use std::env::current_dir;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::io;
+use std::fs;
+#[cfg(any(unix, target_os = "redox"))]
+use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
 
 pub fn path_absolute_form(path: &Path) -> io::Result<PathBuf> {
     if path.is_absolute() {
@@ -42,3 +45,13 @@ pub fn is_dir(path: &Path) -> bool {
         path.is_dir() && path.canonicalize().is_ok()
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(any(unix, target_os = "redox"))]
+pub fn is_executable(md: &fs::Metadata) -> bool {
+    md.permissions().mode() & 0o111 != 0
+}
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+pub fn is_executable(_: &fs::Metadata) -> bool {
+    false
+}
diff --git a/src/internal.rs b/src/internal.rs
index a5cdc8d..6b3a473 100644
--- a/src/internal.rs
+++ b/src/internal.rs
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::process;
 use std::time;
 use std::io::Write;
-use std::fs;
-#[cfg(any(unix, target_os = "redox"))]
-use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
 
 use exec::CommandTemplate;
 use lscolors::LsColors;
@@ -177,16 +174,6 @@ where
     })
 }
 
-#[cfg(any(unix, target_os = "redox"))]
-pub fn is_executable(md: &fs::Metadata) -> bool {
-    md.permissions().mode() & 0o111 != 0
-}
-
-#[cfg(windows)]
-pub fn is_executable(_: &fs::Metadata) -> bool {
-    false
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 fn oss(v: &str) -> OsString {
     OsString::from(v)
diff --git a/src/output.rs b/src/output.rs
index 8bc4b3b..0c2c0b6 100644
--- a/src/output.rs
+++ b/src/output.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 // notice may not be copied, modified, or distributed except
 // according to those terms.
 
-use internal::{is_executable, FdOptions, EXITCODE_ERROR, EXITCODE_SIGINT};
+use internal::{FdOptions, EXITCODE_ERROR, EXITCODE_SIGINT};
+use fshelper::is_executable;
 use lscolors::LsColors;
 
 use std::process;
diff --git a/src/walk.rs b/src/walk.rs
index 9908ba6..f151ea6 100644
--- a/src/walk.rs
+++ b/src/walk.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ extern crate ctrlc;
 
 use exec;
 use fshelper;
-use internal::{error, is_executable, FdOptions, EXITCODE_SIGINT, MAX_BUFFER_LENGTH};
+use internal::{error, FdOptions, EXITCODE_SIGINT, MAX_BUFFER_LENGTH};
 use output;
 
 use std::process;
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ pub fn scan(path_vec: &[PathBuf], pattern: Arc<Regex>, config: Arc<FdOptions>) {
                     if (entry_type.is_file() && !file_types.files)
                         || (entry_type.is_dir() && !file_types.directories)
                         || (entry_type.is_symlink() && !file_types.symlinks)
-                        || (entry.metadata().is_ok() && !is_executable(&entry.metadata().unwrap())
+                        || (entry.metadata().is_ok()
+                            && !fshelper::is_executable(&entry.metadata().unwrap())
                             && file_types.executables_only)
                     {
                         return ignore::WalkState::Continue;