diff --git a/lib/config/file.js b/lib/config/file.js
index b103f6a9de720a7e9ba28e1130829c7da0e64288..56c608effc216944050fd2225924cc1f9289817f 100644
--- a/lib/config/file.js
+++ b/lib/config/file.js
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 const logger = require('winston');
+const path = require('path');
 
 module.exports = {
   getConfig,
-  isPathAbsolute,
 };
 
 function getConfig(env) {
   let configFile = env.RENOVATE_CONFIG_FILE || 'config';
-  if (!isPathAbsolute(configFile)) {
+  if (!path.isAbsolute(configFile)) {
     configFile = `../../${configFile}`;
   }
   let config = {};
@@ -20,7 +20,3 @@ function getConfig(env) {
   }
   return config;
 }
-
-function isPathAbsolute(path) {
-  return /^(?:\/|[a-z]+:\/\/)/.test(path);
-}