diff --git a/proxmox-sys/src/fs/file.rs b/proxmox-sys/src/fs/file.rs
index 8820335f..180a35f2 100644
--- a/proxmox-sys/src/fs/file.rs
+++ b/proxmox-sys/src/fs/file.rs
@@ -423,3 +423,27 @@ pub fn open_file_locked<P: AsRef<Path>>(
         Err(err) => bail!("Unable to acquire lock {:?} - {}", path, err),
     }
 }
+
+/// Get an iterator over lines of a file, skipping empty lines and comments (lines starting with a
+/// `#`).
+pub fn file_get_non_comment_lines<P: AsRef<Path>>(
+    path: P,
+) -> Result<impl Iterator<Item = io::Result<String>>, Error> {
+    let path = path.as_ref();
+
+    Ok(io::BufReader::new(
+        File::open(path).map_err(|err| format_err!("error opening {:?}: {}", path, err))?,
+    )
+    .lines()
+    .filter_map(|line| match line {
+        Ok(line) => {
+            let line = line.trim();
+            if line.is_empty() || line.starts_with('#') {
+                None
+            } else {
+                Some(Ok(line.to_string()))
+            }
+        }
+        Err(err) => Some(Err(err)),
+    }))
+}
diff --git a/proxmox-sys/src/fs/read_dir.rs b/proxmox-sys/src/fs/read_dir.rs
index 1c06d8f4..020f924d 100644
--- a/proxmox-sys/src/fs/read_dir.rs
+++ b/proxmox-sys/src/fs/read_dir.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 use std::borrow::{Borrow, BorrowMut};
-use std::fs::File;
-use std::io::{self, BufRead};
 use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 use std::os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, RawFd};
-use std::path::Path;
 
 use anyhow::{bail, format_err, Error};
 use nix::dir;
@@ -305,27 +302,3 @@ fn do_lock_dir_noblock(
 
     Ok(handle)
 }
-
-/// Get an iterator over lines of a file, skipping empty lines and comments (lines starting with a
-/// `#`).
-pub fn file_get_non_comment_lines<P: AsRef<Path>>(
-    path: P,
-) -> Result<impl Iterator<Item = io::Result<String>>, Error> {
-    let path = path.as_ref();
-
-    Ok(io::BufReader::new(
-        File::open(path).map_err(|err| format_err!("error opening {:?}: {}", path, err))?,
-    )
-    .lines()
-    .filter_map(|line| match line {
-        Ok(line) => {
-            let line = line.trim();
-            if line.is_empty() || line.starts_with('#') {
-                None
-            } else {
-                Some(Ok(line.to_string()))
-            }
-        }
-        Err(err) => Some(Err(err)),
-    }))
-}