diff --git a/src/builtins/status.rs b/src/builtins/status.rs
index b35a94c84..5dee7f243 100644
--- a/src/builtins/status.rs
+++ b/src/builtins/status.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use std::os::unix::prelude::*;
 
 use super::prelude::*;
-use crate::common::{PROGRAM_NAME, bytes2wcstring, get_fish_path};
+use crate::common::{PROGRAM_NAME, bytes2wcstring};
+use crate::env::config_paths::get_fish_path;
 use crate::future_feature_flags::{self as features, feature_test};
 use crate::proc::{
     JobControl, get_job_control_mode, get_login, is_interactive_session, set_job_control_mode,
diff --git a/src/common.rs b/src/common.rs
index 57fbc30c8..26fd88836 100644
--- a/src/common.rs
+++ b/src/common.rs
@@ -21,11 +21,10 @@
 use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
 use std::cell::{Cell, RefCell};
 use std::env;
-use std::ffi::{CStr, CString, OsStr, OsString};
+use std::ffi::{CStr, CString, OsString};
 use std::mem;
 use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 use std::os::unix::prelude::*;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicI32, AtomicU32, Ordering};
 use std::sync::{Arc, MutexGuard};
 use std::time;
@@ -1577,32 +1576,6 @@ pub fn valid_var_name(s: &wstr) -> bool {
     !s.is_empty() && s.chars().all(valid_var_name_char)
 }
 
-/// Get the absolute path to the fish executable itself
-pub fn get_fish_path() -> PathBuf {
-    let Ok(path) = std::env::current_exe() else {
-        assert!(PROGRAM_NAME.get().unwrap() == "fish");
-        return PathBuf::from("fish");
-    };
-    if path.exists() {
-        return path;
-    }
-
-    // When /proc/self/exe points to a file that was deleted (or overwritten on update!)
-    // then linux adds a " (deleted)" suffix.
-    // If that's not a valid path, let's remove that awkward suffix.
-    if path.as_os_str().as_bytes().ends_with(b" (deleted)") {
-        return path;
-    }
-
-    if let (Some(filename), Some(parent)) = (path.file_name(), path.parent()) {
-        if let Some(filename) = filename.to_str() {
-            let corrected_filename = OsStr::new(filename.strip_suffix(" (deleted)").unwrap());
-            return parent.join(corrected_filename);
-        }
-    }
-    path
-}
-
 /// A wrapper around Cell which supports modifying the contents, scoped to a region of code.
 /// This provides a somewhat nicer API than ScopedRefCell because you can directly modify the value,
 /// instead of requiring an accessor function which returns a mutable reference to a field.
diff --git a/src/env/config_paths.rs b/src/env/config_paths.rs
index c5178ccba..5062648b3 100644
--- a/src/env/config_paths.rs
+++ b/src/env/config_paths.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-use crate::common::{BUILD_DIR, get_fish_path};
+use crate::common::{BUILD_DIR, PROGRAM_NAME};
 use crate::{FLOG, FLOGF};
 use fish_build_helper::workspace_root;
+use std::ffi::OsStr;
+use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 /// A struct of configuration directories, determined in main() that fish will optionally pass to
@@ -141,3 +143,29 @@ fn from_exec_path(unresolved_exec_path: PathBuf) -> Self {
         Self::static_paths()
     }
 }
+
+/// Get the absolute path to the fish executable itself
+pub fn get_fish_path() -> PathBuf {
+    let Ok(path) = std::env::current_exe() else {
+        assert!(PROGRAM_NAME.get().unwrap() == "fish");
+        return PathBuf::from("fish");
+    };
+    if path.exists() {
+        return path;
+    }
+
+    // When /proc/self/exe points to a file that was deleted (or overwritten on update!)
+    // then linux adds a " (deleted)" suffix.
+    // If that's not a valid path, let's remove that awkward suffix.
+    if path.as_os_str().as_bytes().ends_with(b" (deleted)") {
+        return path;
+    }
+
+    if let (Some(filename), Some(parent)) = (path.file_name(), path.parent()) {
+        if let Some(filename) = filename.to_str() {
+            let corrected_filename = OsStr::new(filename.strip_suffix(" (deleted)").unwrap());
+            return parent.join(corrected_filename);
+        }
+    }
+    path
+}