diff --git a/src/back/app.ts b/src/back/app.ts
index 7c87dd6..acc310b 100644
--- a/src/back/app.ts
+++ b/src/back/app.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ import {
 } from "./config.js";
 import ADMIN_CREDENTIALS from "./default-admin-credentials.js";
 import { TheFileManager } from "./file-manager.js";
-import { module_dirname } from "./utils/module_dirname.js";
-const locreq = _locreq(module_dirname(import.meta.url));
+const locreq = _locreq(import.meta.dirname);
 
 declare module "koa" {
 	interface BaseContext {
diff --git a/src/back/config.ts b/src/back/config.ts
index ff60869..365bac9 100644
--- a/src/back/config.ts
+++ b/src/back/config.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import _locreq from "locreq";
-import { module_dirname } from "./utils/module_dirname.js";
 
-const locreq = _locreq(module_dirname(import.meta.url));
+const locreq = _locreq(import.meta.dirname);
 import dotenv from "dotenv";
 
 dotenv.config();
diff --git a/src/back/test_utils/webhint.ts b/src/back/test_utils/webhint.ts
index 94abf3f..ec9a48b 100644
--- a/src/back/test_utils/webhint.ts
+++ b/src/back/test_utils/webhint.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import _locreq from "locreq";
-import { module_dirname } from "../utils/module_dirname.js";
-const locreq = _locreq(module_dirname(import.meta.url));
+const locreq = _locreq(import.meta.dirname);
 import { spawn } from "child_process";
 import { hasShape, is, predicates } from "@sealcode/ts-predicates";
 import { promises as fs } from "fs";
diff --git a/src/back/test_utils/with-prod-app.ts b/src/back/test_utils/with-prod-app.ts
index e93ee63..30d986a 100644
--- a/src/back/test_utils/with-prod-app.ts
+++ b/src/back/test_utils/with-prod-app.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import _locreq from "locreq";
 import { v4 as uuid } from "uuid";
-import { module_dirname } from "../utils/module_dirname.js";
 
-const locreq = _locreq(module_dirname(import.meta.url));
+const locreq = _locreq(import.meta.dirname);
 import { SMTPMailer } from "sealious";
 import { TestUtils } from "sealious";
 import TheApp from "../app.js";
diff --git a/src/back/utils/module_dirname.ts b/src/back/utils/module_dirname.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0bb1a5a..0000000
--- a/src/back/utils/module_dirname.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-import { dirname } from "node:path";
-
-export function module_dirname(module_url: string): string {
-	return dirname(module_url).replace(/^file:\/\//, "");
-}