diff --git a/src/db/plugins/simple/SimpleDatabasePlugin.cxx b/src/db/plugins/simple/SimpleDatabasePlugin.cxx
index da8d44fb0..913141d22 100644
--- a/src/db/plugins/simple/SimpleDatabasePlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/db/plugins/simple/SimpleDatabasePlugin.cxx
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ SimpleDatabase::Check(Error &error) const
 	assert(!path.IsNull());
 
 	/* Check if the file exists */
-	if (!CheckAccess(path)) {
+	if (!PathExists(path)) {
 		/* If the file doesn't exist, we can't check if we can write
 		 * it, so we are going to try to get the directory path, and
 		 * see if we can write a file in that */
diff --git a/src/fs/FileSystem.hxx b/src/fs/FileSystem.hxx
index ab19b8b63..6f19c8ed3 100644
--- a/src/fs/FileSystem.hxx
+++ b/src/fs/FileSystem.hxx
@@ -122,20 +122,6 @@ CheckAccess(Path path, int mode)
 
 #endif
 
-/**
- * Checks is specified path exists and accessible.
- */
-static inline bool
-CheckAccess(Path path)
-{
-#ifdef WIN32
-	struct stat buf;
-	return StatFile(path, buf);
-#else
-	return CheckAccess(path, F_OK);
-#endif
-}
-
 /**
  * Checks if #Path exists and is a regular file.
  */
@@ -160,10 +146,14 @@ DirectoryExists(Path path, bool follow_symlinks = true)
  * Checks if #Path exists.
  */
 static inline bool
-PathExists(Path path, bool follow_symlinks = true)
+PathExists(Path path)
 {
+#ifdef WIN32
 	struct stat buf;
-	return StatFile(path, buf, follow_symlinks);
+	return StatFile(path, buf);
+#else
+	return CheckAccess(path, F_OK);
+#endif
 }
 
 #endif