diff --git a/src/cmd/gofmt/long_test.go b/src/cmd/gofmt/long_test.go
index 8db348a50f..21a01196cf 100644
--- a/src/cmd/gofmt/long_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/gofmt/long_test.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func genFilenames(t *testing.T, filenames chan<- string) {
 	if *files != "" {
 		for _, filename := range strings.Split(*files, ",") {
 			fi, err := os.Stat(filename)
-			handleFile(filename, &statDirEntry{fi}, err)
+			handleFile(filename, fs.FileInfoToDirEntry(fi), err)
 		}
 		return // ignore files under -root
 	}
@@ -170,16 +170,3 @@ func TestAll(t *testing.T) {
 		fmt.Printf("processed %d files\n", nfiles)
 	}
 }
-
-type statDirEntry struct {
-	info fs.FileInfo
-}
-
-func (d *statDirEntry) Name() string               { return d.info.Name() }
-func (d *statDirEntry) IsDir() bool                { return d.info.IsDir() }
-func (d *statDirEntry) Type() fs.FileMode          { return d.info.Mode().Type() }
-func (d *statDirEntry) Info() (fs.FileInfo, error) { return d.info, nil }
-
-func (d *statDirEntry) String() string {
-	return fs.FormatDirEntry(d)
-}
diff --git a/src/io/fs/walk.go b/src/io/fs/walk.go
index baf559ebca..eb98568cda 100644
--- a/src/io/fs/walk.go
+++ b/src/io/fs/walk.go
@@ -119,23 +119,10 @@ func WalkDir(fsys FS, root string, fn WalkDirFunc) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		err = fn(root, nil, err)
 	} else {
-		err = walkDir(fsys, root, &statDirEntry{info}, fn)
+		err = walkDir(fsys, root, FileInfoToDirEntry(info), fn)
 	}
 	if err == SkipDir || err == SkipAll {
 		return nil
 	}
 	return err
 }
-
-type statDirEntry struct {
-	info FileInfo
-}
-
-func (d *statDirEntry) Name() string            { return d.info.Name() }
-func (d *statDirEntry) IsDir() bool             { return d.info.IsDir() }
-func (d *statDirEntry) Type() FileMode          { return d.info.Mode().Type() }
-func (d *statDirEntry) Info() (FileInfo, error) { return d.info, nil }
-
-func (d *statDirEntry) String() string {
-	return FormatDirEntry(d)
-}
diff --git a/src/path/filepath/path.go b/src/path/filepath/path.go
index 41fa733af9..6dcb0e1fb9 100644
--- a/src/path/filepath/path.go
+++ b/src/path/filepath/path.go
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ func WalkDir(root string, fn fs.WalkDirFunc) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		err = fn(root, nil, err)
 	} else {
-		err = walkDir(root, &statDirEntry{info}, fn)
+		err = walkDir(root, fs.FileInfoToDirEntry(info), fn)
 	}
 	if err == SkipDir || err == SkipAll {
 		return nil
@@ -553,19 +553,6 @@ func WalkDir(root string, fn fs.WalkDirFunc) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-type statDirEntry struct {
-	info fs.FileInfo
-}
-
-func (d *statDirEntry) Name() string               { return d.info.Name() }
-func (d *statDirEntry) IsDir() bool                { return d.info.IsDir() }
-func (d *statDirEntry) Type() fs.FileMode          { return d.info.Mode().Type() }
-func (d *statDirEntry) Info() (fs.FileInfo, error) { return d.info, nil }
-
-func (d *statDirEntry) String() string {
-	return fs.FormatDirEntry(d)
-}
-
 // Walk walks the file tree rooted at root, calling fn for each file or
 // directory in the tree, including root.
 //
diff --git a/src/path/filepath/path_test.go b/src/path/filepath/path_test.go
index 621208d31e..51e6a20554 100644
--- a/src/path/filepath/path_test.go
+++ b/src/path/filepath/path_test.go
@@ -560,25 +560,12 @@ func tempDirCanonical(t *testing.T) string {
 func TestWalk(t *testing.T) {
 	walk := func(root string, fn fs.WalkDirFunc) error {
 		return filepath.Walk(root, func(path string, info fs.FileInfo, err error) error {
-			return fn(path, &statDirEntry{info}, err)
+			return fn(path, fs.FileInfoToDirEntry(info), err)
 		})
 	}
 	testWalk(t, walk, 1)
 }
 
-type statDirEntry struct {
-	info fs.FileInfo
-}
-
-func (d *statDirEntry) Name() string               { return d.info.Name() }
-func (d *statDirEntry) IsDir() bool                { return d.info.IsDir() }
-func (d *statDirEntry) Type() fs.FileMode          { return d.info.Mode().Type() }
-func (d *statDirEntry) Info() (fs.FileInfo, error) { return d.info, nil }
-
-func (d *statDirEntry) String() string {
-	return fs.FormatDirEntry(d)
-}
-
 func TestWalkDir(t *testing.T) {
 	testWalk(t, filepath.WalkDir, 2)
 }