diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index d1b67c6d4..656d67a53 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -232,11 +232,7 @@ DirEntries readDirectory(const Path & path)
         checkInterrupt();
         string name = dirent->d_name;
         if (name == "." || name == "..") continue;
-#ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_TYPE
-        entries.emplace_back(name, dirent->d_ino, dirent->d_type);
-#else
-        entries.emplace_back(name, dirent->d_ino, getFileType(absPath(name, path)));
-#endif
+        entries.emplace_back(name, dirent->d_ino, #ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_TYPE dirent->d_type #else DT_UNKNOWN #endif);
     }
     if (errno) throw SysError(format("reading directory ‘%1%’") % path);