diff --git a/node.go b/node.go
index 3060d54fb..8f1ce8de5 100644
--- a/node.go
+++ b/node.go
@@ -208,6 +208,18 @@ func (node Node) createSymlinkAt(path string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (node *Node) createDevAt(path string) error {
+	return syscall.Mknod(path, syscall.S_IFBLK|0600, int(node.Device))
+}
+
+func (node *Node) createCharDevAt(path string) error {
+	return syscall.Mknod(path, syscall.S_IFCHR|0600, int(node.Device))
+}
+
+func (node *Node) createFifoAt(path string) error {
+	return syscall.Mkfifo(path, 0600)
+}
+
 func (node Node) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	type nodeJSON Node
 	nj := nodeJSON(node)
diff --git a/node_darwin.go b/node_darwin.go
index 1d4a22927..e699f16d1 100644
--- a/node_darwin.go
+++ b/node_darwin.go
@@ -10,18 +10,6 @@ func (node *Node) OpenForReading() (*os.File, error) {
 	return os.Open(node.path)
 }
 
-func (node *Node) createDevAt(path string) error {
-	return syscall.Mknod(path, syscall.S_IFBLK|0600, int(node.Device))
-}
-
-func (node *Node) createCharDevAt(path string) error {
-	return syscall.Mknod(path, syscall.S_IFCHR|0600, int(node.Device))
-}
-
-func (node *Node) createFifoAt(path string) error {
-	return syscall.Mkfifo(path, 0600)
-}
-
 func changeTime(stat *syscall.Stat_t) time.Time {
 	return time.Unix(stat.Ctimespec.Unix())
 }
diff --git a/node_linux.go b/node_linux.go
index 0be72c24b..0d5eb171d 100644
--- a/node_linux.go
+++ b/node_linux.go
@@ -14,18 +14,6 @@ func (node *Node) OpenForReading() (*os.File, error) {
 	return file, err
 }
 
-func (node *Node) createDevAt(path string) error {
-	return syscall.Mknod(path, syscall.S_IFBLK|0600, int(node.Device))
-}
-
-func (node *Node) createCharDevAt(path string) error {
-	return syscall.Mknod(path, syscall.S_IFCHR|0600, int(node.Device))
-}
-
-func (node *Node) createFifoAt(path string) error {
-	return syscall.Mkfifo(path, 0600)
-}
-
 func (node *Node) fillTimes(stat *syscall.Stat_t) {
 	node.ChangeTime = time.Unix(stat.Ctim.Unix())
 	node.AccessTime = time.Unix(stat.Atim.Unix())
diff --git a/node_openbsd.go b/node_openbsd.go
index 99651b719..a577ab754 100644
--- a/node_openbsd.go
+++ b/node_openbsd.go
@@ -14,18 +14,6 @@ func (node *Node) OpenForReading() (*os.File, error) {
 	return file, err
 }
 
-func (node *Node) createDevAt(path string) error {
-	return syscall.Mknod(path, syscall.S_IFBLK|0600, int(node.Device))
-}
-
-func (node *Node) createCharDevAt(path string) error {
-	return syscall.Mknod(path, syscall.S_IFCHR|0600, int(node.Device))
-}
-
-func (node *Node) createFifoAt(path string) error {
-	return syscall.Mkfifo(path, 0600)
-}
-
 func (node *Node) fillTimes(stat *syscall.Stat_t) {
 	node.ChangeTime = time.Unix(stat.Ctim.Unix())
 	node.AccessTime = time.Unix(stat.Atim.Unix())