1 files changed, 2 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/ext/node/polyfills/_fs/_fs_exists.ts b/ext/node/polyfills/_fs/_fs_exists.ts
index 9c8458b58..db41aedec 100644
--- a/ext/node/polyfills/_fs/_fs_exists.ts
+++ b/ext/node/polyfills/_fs/_fs_exists.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 // TODO(petamoriken): enable prefer-primordials for node polyfills
 // deno-lint-ignore-file prefer-primordials
-
+const core = globalThis.__bootstrap.core;
 import { pathFromURL } from "ext:deno_web/00_infra.js";
 
 type ExistsCallback = (exists: boolean) => void;
@@ -35,10 +35,5 @@ Object.defineProperty(exists, kCustomPromisifiedSymbol, {
  */
 export function existsSync(path: string | URL): boolean {
   path = path instanceof URL ? pathFromURL(path) : path;
-  try {
-    Deno.lstatSync(path);
-    return true;
-  } catch (_err) {
-    return false;
-  }
+  return core.ops.op_node_fs_exists_sync(path);
 }