diff --git a/proxmox-rest-server/src/daemon.rs b/proxmox-rest-server/src/daemon.rs
index 9d48ecd2..0501ad4c 100644
--- a/proxmox-rest-server/src/daemon.rs
+++ b/proxmox-rest-server/src/daemon.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use nix::unistd::{fork, ForkResult};
 use proxmox::tools::io::{ReadExt, WriteExt};
 use proxmox::tools::fd::Fd;
 
-use crate::fd_change_cloexec;
+use pbs_tools::fd::fd_change_cloexec;
 
 #[link(name = "systemd")]
 extern "C" {
diff --git a/proxmox-rest-server/src/lib.rs b/proxmox-rest-server/src/lib.rs
index fc952f2b..da52c673 100644
--- a/proxmox-rest-server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/proxmox-rest-server/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use std::os::unix::io::RawFd;
 use std::sync::atomic::{Ordering, AtomicBool};
 
 use anyhow::{bail, format_err, Error};
@@ -135,16 +134,6 @@ pub fn fail_on_shutdown() -> Result<(), Error> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-/// Helper to set/clear the FD_CLOEXEC flag on file descriptors
-pub fn fd_change_cloexec(fd: RawFd, on: bool) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    use nix::fcntl::{fcntl, FdFlag, F_GETFD, F_SETFD};
-    let mut flags = FdFlag::from_bits(fcntl(fd, F_GETFD)?)
-        .ok_or_else(|| format_err!("unhandled file flags"))?; // nix crate is stupid this way...
-    flags.set(FdFlag::FD_CLOEXEC, on);
-    fcntl(fd, F_SETFD(flags))?;
-    Ok(())
-}
-
 /// safe wrapper for `nix::sys::socket::socketpair` defaulting to `O_CLOEXEC` and guarding the file
 /// descriptors.
 pub fn socketpair() -> Result<(Fd, Fd), Error> {
diff --git a/src/api2/node/mod.rs b/src/api2/node/mod.rs
index 9a427235..b101040b 100644
--- a/src/api2/node/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api2/node/mod.rs
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ async fn termproxy(cmd: Option<String>, rpcenv: &mut dyn RpcEnvironment) -> Resu
         move |worker| async move {
             // move inside the worker so that it survives and does not close the port
             // remove CLOEXEC from listenere so that we can reuse it in termproxy
-            proxmox_rest_server::fd_change_cloexec(listener.as_raw_fd(), false)?;
+            pbs_tools::fd::fd_change_cloexec(listener.as_raw_fd(), false)?;
 
             let mut arguments: Vec<&str> = Vec::new();
             let fd_string = listener.as_raw_fd().to_string();