diff --git a/src/file_utils.cpp b/src/file_utils.cpp
index 4c5dcbb6..9e3606d8 100644
--- a/src/file_utils.cpp
+++ b/src/file_utils.cpp
@@ -33,34 +33,6 @@ std::string get_basename(const std::string&& path)
 }
 
 #ifdef __linux__
-
-bool find_folder(const char* root, const char* prefix, std::string& dest)
-{
-    struct dirent* dp;
-    DIR* dirp = opendir(root);
-    if (!dirp) {
-        SPDLOG_ERROR("Error opening directory '{}': {}", root, strerror(errno));
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    // XXX xfs/jfs need stat() for inode type
-    while ((dp = readdir(dirp))) {
-        if ((dp->d_type == DT_LNK || dp->d_type == DT_DIR) && starts_with(dp->d_name, prefix)) {
-            dest = dp->d_name;
-            closedir(dirp);
-            return true;
-        }
-    }
-
-    closedir(dirp);
-    return false;
-}
-
-bool find_folder(const std::string& root, const std::string& prefix, std::string& dest)
-{
-    return find_folder(root.c_str(), prefix.c_str(), dest);
-}
-
 std::vector<std::string> ls(const char* root, const char* prefix, LS_FLAGS flags)
 {
     std::vector<std::string> list;
diff --git a/src/file_utils.h b/src/file_utils.h
index b2103ec4..03b3d8eb 100644
--- a/src/file_utils.h
+++ b/src/file_utils.h
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ enum LS_FLAGS
 };
 
 std::string read_line(const std::string& filename);
-bool find_folder(const char* root, const char* prefix, std::string& dest);
-bool find_folder(const std::string& root, const std::string& prefix, std::string& dest);
 std::vector<std::string> ls(const char* root, const char* prefix = nullptr, LS_FLAGS flags = LS_DIRS);
 bool file_exists(const std::string& path);
 bool dir_exists(const std::string& path);
diff --git a/src/file_utils_win32.cpp b/src/file_utils_win32.cpp
index a37a8c14..15e9aac0 100644
--- a/src/file_utils_win32.cpp
+++ b/src/file_utils_win32.cpp
@@ -3,16 +3,6 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include <string>
 
-bool find_folder(const char* root, const char* prefix, std::string& dest)
-{
-    return false;
-}
-
-bool find_folder(const std::string& root, const std::string& prefix, std::string& dest)
-{
-    return find_folder(root.c_str(), prefix.c_str(), dest);
-}
-
 std::vector<std::string> ls(const char* root, const char* prefix, LS_FLAGS flags)
 {
     std::vector<std::string> list;
diff --git a/src/overlay.cpp b/src/overlay.cpp
index 03b12919..0eddd540 100644
--- a/src/overlay.cpp
+++ b/src/overlay.cpp
@@ -647,20 +647,20 @@ void init_gpu_stats(uint32_t& vendorID, uint32_t reported_deviceID, overlay_para
             amdgpu.vram_used = fopen((path + "/mem_info_vram_used").c_str(), "r");
 
          path += "/hwmon/";
-         string tempFolder;
-         if (find_folder(path, "hwmon", tempFolder)) {
+         auto dirs = ls(path.c_str(), "hwmon", LS_DIRS);
+         for (auto& dir : dirs) {
             if (!amdgpu.core_clock)
-               amdgpu.core_clock = fopen((path + tempFolder + "/freq1_input").c_str(), "r");
+               amdgpu.core_clock = fopen((path + dir + "/freq1_input").c_str(), "r");
             if (!amdgpu.memory_clock)
-               amdgpu.memory_clock = fopen((path + tempFolder + "/freq2_input").c_str(), "r");
+               amdgpu.memory_clock = fopen((path + dir + "/freq2_input").c_str(), "r");
             if (!amdgpu.temp)
-               amdgpu.temp = fopen((path + tempFolder + "/temp1_input").c_str(), "r");
+               amdgpu.temp = fopen((path + dir + "/temp1_input").c_str(), "r");
             if (!amdgpu.power_usage)
-               amdgpu.power_usage = fopen((path + tempFolder + "/power1_average").c_str(), "r");
+               amdgpu.power_usage = fopen((path + dir + "/power1_average").c_str(), "r");
 
             vendorID = 0x1002;
-            break;
          }
+         break;
       }
 
       // don't bother then