diff --git a/modules/git/hook.go b/modules/git/hook.go
index 8d5760d890..a6f6b18855 100644
--- a/modules/git/hook.go
+++ b/modules/git/hook.go
@@ -51,15 +51,26 @@ func GetHook(repoPath, name string) (*Hook, error) {
 		name: name,
 		path: filepath.Join(repoPath, "hooks", name+".d", name),
 	}
-	samplePath := filepath.Join(repoPath, "hooks", name+".sample")
-	if isFile(h.path) {
+	isFile, err := util.IsFile(h.path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if isFile {
 		data, err := os.ReadFile(h.path)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		h.IsActive = true
 		h.Content = string(data)
-	} else if isFile(samplePath) {
+		return h, nil
+	}
+
+	samplePath := filepath.Join(repoPath, "hooks", name+".sample")
+	isFile, err = util.IsFile(samplePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if isFile {
 		data, err := os.ReadFile(samplePath)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -77,7 +88,11 @@ func (h *Hook) Name() string {
 // Update updates hook settings.
 func (h *Hook) Update() error {
 	if len(strings.TrimSpace(h.Content)) == 0 {
-		if isExist(h.path) {
+		exist, err := util.IsExist(h.path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if exist {
 			err := util.Remove(h.path)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -101,7 +116,10 @@ func (h *Hook) Update() error {
 
 // ListHooks returns a list of Git hooks of given repository.
 func ListHooks(repoPath string) (_ []*Hook, err error) {
-	if !isDir(filepath.Join(repoPath, "hooks")) {
+	exist, err := util.IsDir(filepath.Join(repoPath, "hooks"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	} else if !exist {
 		return nil, errors.New("hooks path does not exist")
 	}
 
diff --git a/modules/git/repo_base_gogit.go b/modules/git/repo_base_gogit.go
index 0ca1ea79c2..293aca159c 100644
--- a/modules/git/repo_base_gogit.go
+++ b/modules/git/repo_base_gogit.go
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@ func OpenRepository(ctx context.Context, repoPath string) (*Repository, error) {
 	repoPath, err := filepath.Abs(repoPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
-	} else if !isDir(repoPath) {
+	}
+	exist, err := util.IsDir(repoPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if !exist {
 		return nil, util.NewNotExistErrorf("no such file or directory")
 	}
 
diff --git a/modules/git/repo_base_nogogit.go b/modules/git/repo_base_nogogit.go
index 477e3b8742..f5606346c4 100644
--- a/modules/git/repo_base_nogogit.go
+++ b/modules/git/repo_base_nogogit.go
@@ -47,7 +47,12 @@ func OpenRepository(ctx context.Context, repoPath string) (*Repository, error) {
 	repoPath, err := filepath.Abs(repoPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
-	} else if !isDir(repoPath) {
+	}
+	exist, err := util.IsDir(repoPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if !exist {
 		return nil, util.NewNotExistErrorf("no such file or directory")
 	}
 
diff --git a/modules/git/utils.go b/modules/git/utils.go
index 56cba9087a..897306efd0 100644
--- a/modules/git/utils.go
+++ b/modules/git/utils.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -41,33 +40,6 @@ func (oc *ObjectCache[T]) Get(id string) (T, bool) {
 	return obj, has
 }
 
-// isDir returns true if given path is a directory,
-// or returns false when it's a file or does not exist.
-func isDir(dir string) bool {
-	f, e := os.Stat(dir)
-	if e != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	return f.IsDir()
-}
-
-// isFile returns true if given path is a file,
-// or returns false when it's a directory or does not exist.
-func isFile(filePath string) bool {
-	f, e := os.Stat(filePath)
-	if e != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	return !f.IsDir()
-}
-
-// isExist checks whether a file or directory exists.
-// It returns false when the file or directory does not exist.
-func isExist(path string) bool {
-	_, err := os.Stat(path)
-	return err == nil || os.IsExist(err)
-}
-
 // ConcatenateError concatenats an error with stderr string
 func ConcatenateError(err error, stderr string) error {
 	if len(stderr) == 0 {