diff --git a/Userland/Applications/FileManager/DirectoryView.cpp b/Userland/Applications/FileManager/DirectoryView.cpp
index d9f571bebf..4048d48955 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/FileManager/DirectoryView.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/FileManager/DirectoryView.cpp
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ bool DirectoryView::can_modify_current_selection()
     // FIXME: remove once Clang formats this properly.
     // clang-format off
     return selections.first_matching([&](auto& index) {
-        return !Core::System::access(node(index.parent()).full_path(), W_OK).is_error();
+        return Core::File::can_delete_or_move(node(index).full_path());
     }).has_value();
     // clang-format on
 }
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/SpaceAnalyzer/main.cpp b/Userland/Applications/SpaceAnalyzer/main.cpp
index 1ca1c635bf..4ed24cdb7d 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/SpaceAnalyzer/main.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/SpaceAnalyzer/main.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include <LibGUI/Statusbar.h>
 #include <LibGfx/Bitmap.h>
 #include <LibMain/Main.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
 
 static constexpr auto APP_NAME = "Space Analyzer"sv;
 
@@ -137,15 +136,6 @@ static ErrorOr<void> analyze(RefPtr<Tree> tree, SpaceAnalyzer::TreeMapWidget& tr
     return {};
 }
 
-static bool is_removable(DeprecatedString const& absolute_path)
-{
-    VERIFY(!absolute_path.is_empty());
-    int access_result = access(LexicalPath::dirname(absolute_path).characters(), W_OK);
-    if (access_result != 0 && errno != EACCES)
-        perror("access");
-    return access_result == 0;
-}
-
 static DeprecatedString get_absolute_path_to_selected_node(SpaceAnalyzer::TreeMapWidget const& treemapwidget, bool include_last_node = true)
 {
     StringBuilder path_builder;
@@ -288,7 +278,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
         DeprecatedString selected_node_path = get_absolute_path_to_selected_node(treemapwidget);
         if (selected_node_path.is_empty())
             return;
-        delete_action->set_enabled(is_removable(selected_node_path));
+        delete_action->set_enabled(Core::File::can_delete_or_move(selected_node_path));
         if (Core::File::is_directory(selected_node_path)) {
             open_folder_action->set_visible(true);
             open_containing_folder_action->set_visible(false);
diff --git a/Userland/DevTools/HackStudio/HackStudioWidget.cpp b/Userland/DevTools/HackStudio/HackStudioWidget.cpp
index 1fe5258218..2cad952518 100644
--- a/Userland/DevTools/HackStudio/HackStudioWidget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/DevTools/HackStudio/HackStudioWidget.cpp
@@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ void HackStudioWidget::configure_project_tree_view()
 
         auto selections = m_project_tree_view->selection().indices();
         auto it = selections.find_if([&](auto selected_file) {
-            return access(m_project->model().full_path(selected_file.parent()).characters(), W_OK) == 0;
+            return Core::File::can_delete_or_move(m_project->model().full_path(selected_file));
         });
         bool has_permissions = it != selections.end();
         m_tree_view_rename_action->set_enabled(has_permissions);