diff --git a/mesh/mesh-config-json.c b/mesh/mesh-config-json.c
index 5855149..ad2d4d0 100644
--- a/mesh/mesh-config-json.c
+++ b/mesh/mesh-config-json.c
@@ -2253,24 +2253,6 @@ bool mesh_config_load_nodes(const char *cfgdir_name, mesh_config_node_func_t cb,
 	return true;
 }
 
-static int del_fobject(const char *fpath, const struct stat *sb, int typeflag,
-						struct FTW *ftwbuf)
-{
-	switch (typeflag) {
-	case FTW_DP:
-		rmdir(fpath);
-		l_debug("RMDIR %s", fpath);
-		break;
-
-	case FTW_SL:
-	default:
-		remove(fpath);
-		l_debug("RM %s", fpath);
-		break;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 void mesh_config_destroy(struct mesh_config *cfg)
 {
 	char *node_dir, *node_name;
@@ -2291,7 +2273,7 @@ void mesh_config_destroy(struct mesh_config *cfg)
 	if (strcmp(node_name, uuid))
 		return;
 
-	nftw(node_dir, del_fobject, 5, FTW_DEPTH | FTW_PHYS);
+	del_path(node_dir);
 
 	/* Release node config object */
 	mesh_config_release(cfg);
diff --git a/mesh/util.c b/mesh/util.c
index 986ba4b..43340f1 100644
--- a/mesh/util.c
+++ b/mesh/util.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <ftw.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <time.h>
@@ -129,3 +130,27 @@ int create_dir(const char *dir_name)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static int del_fobject(const char *fpath, const struct stat *sb, int typeflag,
+						struct FTW *ftwbuf)
+{
+	switch (typeflag) {
+	case FTW_DP:
+		rmdir(fpath);
+		l_debug("RMDIR %s", fpath);
+		break;
+
+	case FTW_SL:
+	default:
+		remove(fpath);
+		l_debug("RM %s", fpath);
+		break;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+void del_path(const char *path)
+{
+	nftw(path, del_fobject, 5, FTW_DEPTH | FTW_PHYS);
+}
diff --git a/mesh/util.h b/mesh/util.h
index d1e83b5..092d330 100644
--- a/mesh/util.h
+++ b/mesh/util.h
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ bool str2hex(const char *str, uint16_t in_len, uint8_t *out,
 size_t hex2str(uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, char *out, size_t out_len);
 void print_packet(const char *label, const void *data, uint16_t size);
 int create_dir(const char *dir_name);
+void del_path(const char *path);