diff --git a/crates/host_env/src/posix.rs b/crates/host_env/src/posix.rs
index aa8e86b92..808e74705 100644
--- a/crates/host_env/src/posix.rs
+++ b/crates/host_env/src/posix.rs
@@ -210,16 +210,6 @@ pub fn link_paths(src: &CStr, dst: &CStr, follow_symlinks: bool) -> std::io::Res
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(all(not(windows), not(target_os = "redox")))]
-pub fn remove_dir_at(dir_fd: i32, path: &CStr) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-    let ret = unsafe { libc::unlinkat(dir_fd, path.as_ptr(), libc::AT_REMOVEDIR) };
-    if ret < 0 {
-        Err(std::io::Error::last_os_error())
-    } else {
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
 #[cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "redox")))]
 fn statvfs_info_from_raw(st: libc::statvfs) -> StatVfsInfo {
     let f_fsid = {
diff --git a/crates/host_env/src/posix_unix_like.rs b/crates/host_env/src/posix_unix_like.rs
index cdace41f6..e318fdbac 100644
--- a/crates/host_env/src/posix_unix_like.rs
+++ b/crates/host_env/src/posix_unix_like.rs
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ pub fn replace(
     rename(from, from_fd, to, to_fd)
 }
 
+pub fn remove_dir_at(
+    dir_fd: Option<crt_fd::Borrowed<'_>>,
+    path: impl AsRef<Path>,
+) -> io::Result<()> {
+    let dir_fd = dir_fd.as_ref().map_or(fs::CWD, AsFd::as_fd);
+    fs::unlinkat(dir_fd, path.as_ref(), AtFlags::REMOVEDIR).map_err(Into::into)
+}
+
 pub fn stat_path(
     path: impl AsRef<Path>,
     dir_fd: Option<crt_fd::Borrowed<'_>>,
diff --git a/crates/host_env/src/posix_wasi.rs b/crates/host_env/src/posix_wasi.rs
index 791991e98..df09c08bc 100644
--- a/crates/host_env/src/posix_wasi.rs
+++ b/crates/host_env/src/posix_wasi.rs
@@ -7,11 +7,6 @@ pub use super::posix_unix_like::*;
 
 use crate::{crt_fd, os::CheckLibcResult};
 
-pub fn remove_dir_at(dir_fd: i32, path: &CStr) -> io::Result<()> {
-    unsafe { libc::unlinkat(dir_fd, path.as_ptr(), libc::AT_REMOVEDIR) }.check_libc_neg()?;
-    Ok(())
-}
-
 pub fn stat_fd(fd: crate::crt_fd::Borrowed<'_>) -> io::Result<crate::fileutils::StatStruct> {
     crate::fileutils::fstat(fd)
 }
diff --git a/crates/vm/src/stdlib/os.rs b/crates/vm/src/stdlib/os.rs
index e23b5da49..093e89b81 100644
--- a/crates/vm/src/stdlib/os.rs
+++ b/crates/vm/src/stdlib/os.rs
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ pub(super) mod _os {
     pub(crate) const SYMLINK_DIR_FD: bool = cfg!(not(any(windows, target_os = "redox")));
     pub(crate) const UNLINK_DIR_FD: bool = cfg!(not(windows));
     const RENAME_DIR_FD: bool = cfg!(any(unix, target_os = "wasi"));
-    const RMDIR_DIR_FD: bool = cfg!(not(any(windows, target_os = "redox")));
+    const RMDIR_DIR_FD: bool = cfg!(not(windows));
     const SCANDIR_FD: bool = cfg!(all(unix, not(target_os = "redox")));
 
     #[pyattr]
@@ -449,18 +449,7 @@ pub(super) mod _os {
         dir_fd: DirFd<'_, { RMDIR_DIR_FD as usize }>,
         vm: &VirtualMachine,
     ) -> PyResult<()> {
-        #[cfg(not(target_os = "redox"))]
-        if let Some(fd) = dir_fd.raw_opt() {
-            let c_path = path.clone().into_cstring(vm)?;
-            return if let Err(err) = crate::host_env::posix::remove_dir_at(fd, c_path.as_c_str()) {
-                Err(OSErrorBuilder::with_filename(&err, path, vm))
-            } else {
-                Ok(())
-            };
-        }
-        #[cfg(target_os = "redox")]
-        let [] = dir_fd.0;
-        crate::host_env::fs::remove_dir(&path)
+        crate::host_env::posix::remove_dir_at(dir_fd.get_opt(), &path.path)
             .map_err(|err| OSErrorBuilder::with_filename(&err, path, vm))
     }