diff --git a/src/libstore/indirect-root-store.cc b/src/libstore/indirect-root-store.cc
index 082a458ab..844d0d6ed 100644
--- a/src/libstore/indirect-root-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/indirect-root-store.cc
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ void IndirectRootStore::makeSymlink(const Path & link, const Path & target)
     createSymlink(target, tempLink);
 
     /* Atomically replace the old one. */
-    renameFile(tempLink, link);
+    std::filesystem::rename(tempLink, link);
 }
 
 Path IndirectRootStore::addPermRoot(const StorePath & storePath, const Path & _gcRoot)
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-binary-cache-store.cc b/src/libstore/local-binary-cache-store.cc
index 3a48f4480..6743c633e 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-binary-cache-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/local-binary-cache-store.cc
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ protected:
         AutoDelete del(tmp, false);
         StreamToSourceAdapter source(istream);
         writeFile(tmp, source);
-        renameFile(tmp, path2);
+        std::filesystem::rename(tmp, path2);
         del.cancel();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-store.cc b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
index 800e69309..1f31f9bd8 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
@@ -1779,7 +1779,7 @@ void LocalStore::addBuildLog(const StorePath & drvPath, std::string_view log)
 
     writeFile(tmpFile, compress("bzip2", log));
 
-    renameFile(tmpFile, logPath);
+    std::filesystem::rename(tmpFile, logPath);
 }
 
 std::optional<std::string> LocalStore::getVersion()
diff --git a/src/libstore/unix/build/derivation-goal.cc b/src/libstore/unix/build/derivation-goal.cc
index 8d6e35015..89518b055 100644
--- a/src/libstore/unix/build/derivation-goal.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/unix/build/derivation-goal.cc
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ static void movePath(const Path & src, const Path & dst)
     if (changePerm)
         chmod_(src, st.st_mode | S_IWUSR);
 
-    renameFile(src, dst);
+    std::filesystem::rename(src, dst);
 
     if (changePerm)
         chmod_(dst, st.st_mode);
diff --git a/src/libstore/unix/build/local-derivation-goal.cc b/src/libstore/unix/build/local-derivation-goal.cc
index 3b010350d..331794292 100644
--- a/src/libstore/unix/build/local-derivation-goal.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/unix/build/local-derivation-goal.cc
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static void movePath(const Path & src, const Path & dst)
     if (changePerm)
         chmod_(src, st.st_mode | S_IWUSR);
 
-    renameFile(src, dst);
+    std::filesystem::rename(src, dst);
 
     if (changePerm)
         chmod_(dst, st.st_mode);
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ bool LocalDerivationGoal::cleanupDecideWhetherDiskFull()
             if (buildMode != bmCheck && status.known->isValid()) continue;
             auto p = worker.store.toRealPath(status.known->path);
             if (pathExists(chrootRootDir + p))
-                renameFile((chrootRootDir + p), p);
+                std::filesystem::rename((chrootRootDir + p), p);
         }
 
     return diskFull;
@@ -2569,7 +2569,7 @@ SingleDrvOutputs LocalDerivationGoal::registerOutputs()
                 // that there's no stale file descriptor pointing to it
                 Path tmpOutput = actualPath + ".tmp";
                 copyFile(actualPath, tmpOutput, true);
-                renameFile(tmpOutput, actualPath);
+                std::filesystem::rename(tmpOutput, actualPath);
 
                 auto newInfo0 = newInfoFromCA(DerivationOutput::CAFloating {
                     .method = dof.ca.method,
diff --git a/src/libstore/unix/builtins/unpack-channel.cc b/src/libstore/unix/builtins/unpack-channel.cc
index 47bf5d49c..bdc724a70 100644
--- a/src/libstore/unix/builtins/unpack-channel.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/unix/builtins/unpack-channel.cc
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ void builtinUnpackChannel(
     auto entries = readDirectory(out);
     if (entries.size() != 1)
         throw Error("channel tarball '%s' contains more than one file", src);
-    renameFile(entries[0].path().string(), (out + "/" + channelName));
+    std::filesystem::rename(entries[0].path().string(), (out + "/" + channelName));
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/libutil/file-system.cc b/src/libutil/file-system.cc
index 39efa19fe..b9f96b88f 100644
--- a/src/libutil/file-system.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/file-system.cc
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ void replaceSymlink(const Path & target, const Path & link)
             throw;
         }
 
-        renameFile(tmp, link);
+        std::filesystem::rename(tmp, link);
 
         break;
     }
@@ -651,15 +651,10 @@ void copyFile(const Path & oldPath, const Path & newPath, bool andDelete)
     return copy(fs::directory_entry(fs::path(oldPath)), fs::path(newPath), andDelete);
 }
 
-void renameFile(const Path & oldName, const Path & newName)
-{
-    fs::rename(oldName, newName);
-}
-
 void moveFile(const Path & oldName, const Path & newName)
 {
     try {
-        renameFile(oldName, newName);
+        std::filesystem::rename(oldName, newName);
     } catch (fs::filesystem_error & e) {
         auto oldPath = fs::path(oldName);
         auto newPath = fs::path(newName);
@@ -674,7 +669,7 @@ void moveFile(const Path & oldName, const Path & newName)
             fs::remove(newPath);
             warn("Can’t rename %s as %s, copying instead", oldName, newName);
             copy(fs::directory_entry(oldPath), tempCopyTarget, true);
-            renameFile(
+            std::filesystem::rename(
                 os_string_to_string(PathViewNG { tempCopyTarget }),
                 os_string_to_string(PathViewNG { newPath }));
         }
diff --git a/src/libutil/file-system.hh b/src/libutil/file-system.hh
index 4536accc3..9f3db05c3 100644
--- a/src/libutil/file-system.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/file-system.hh
@@ -177,8 +177,6 @@ void createSymlink(const Path & target, const Path & link);
  */
 void replaceSymlink(const Path & target, const Path & link);
 
-void renameFile(const Path & src, const Path & dst);
-
 /**
  * Similar to 'renameFile', but fallback to a copy+remove if `src` and `dst`
  * are on a different filesystem.