diff --git a/dev_scripts/dev_utils.py b/dev_scripts/dev_utils.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a58e3a..0000000
--- a/dev_scripts/dev_utils.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import pathlib
-import subprocess
-
-
-def git_root():
-    """Get the root directory of the Git repo."""
-    # FIXME: Use a Git Python binding for this.
-    # FIXME: Make this work if called outside the repo.
-    path = (
-        subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", "--show-toplevel"])
-        .decode()
-        .strip("\n")
-    )
-    return pathlib.Path(path)
diff --git a/dev_scripts/env.py b/dev_scripts/env.py
index db7b6ee..3c8230d 100755
--- a/dev_scripts/env.py
+++ b/dev_scripts/env.py
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ import sys
 import urllib.request
 from datetime import date
 
-from dev_utils import git_root
-
 DEFAULT_GUI = True
 DEFAULT_USER = "user"
 DEFAULT_DRY = False
@@ -274,6 +272,14 @@ def run(*args):
     ).stdout
 
 
+def git_root():
+    """Get the root directory of the Git repo."""
+    # FIXME: Use a Git Python binding for this.
+    # FIXME: Make this work if called outside the repo.
+    path = run("git", "rev-parse", "--show-toplevel").decode().strip("\n")
+    return pathlib.Path(path)
+
+
 def user_data():
     """Get the user data dir in (which differs on different OSes)"""
     home = pathlib.Path.home()
diff --git a/dev_scripts/qa.py b/dev_scripts/qa.py
index 43ef8af..07cfbbf 100755
--- a/dev_scripts/qa.py
+++ b/dev_scripts/qa.py
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import selectors
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
-from dev_utils import git_root
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 CONTENT_QA = r"""## QA
@@ -563,7 +561,18 @@ class QABase(abc.ABC):
         self.debug = debug
         self.try_auto = try_auto
         self.skip_manual = skip_manual
-        self.src = git_root()
+        self.src = (
+            subprocess.run(
+                [
+                    "git",
+                    "rev-parse",
+                    "--show-toplevel",
+                ],
+                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+            )
+            .stdout.decode()
+            .strip("\n")
+        )
 
     def task(*msgs, ref=None, auto=False):
         """Decorator for running a task automatically.
diff --git a/install/common/download-tessdata.py b/install/common/download-tessdata.py
index 73aca79..f2da96e 100644
--- a/install/common/download-tessdata.py
+++ b/install/common/download-tessdata.py
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import hashlib
 import io
 import json
+import pathlib
+import re
+import subprocess
 import sys
 import tarfile
 import urllib.request
 
-from dev_utils import git_root
-
 TESSDATA_RELEASES_URL = (
     "https://api.github.com/repos/tesseract-ocr/tessdata_fast/releases/latest"
 )
@@ -14,6 +15,19 @@ TESSDATA_ARCHIVE_URL = "https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tessdata_fast/archive/{
 TESSDATA_CHECKSUM = "d0e3bb6f3b4e75748680524a1d116f2bfb145618f8ceed55b279d15098a530f9"
 
 
+def git_root():
+    """Get the root directory of the Git repo."""
+    # FIXME: Use a Git Python binding for this.
+    # FIXME: Make this work if called outside the repo.
+    cmd = ["git", "rev-parse", "--show-toplevel"]
+    path = (
+        subprocess.run(cmd, check=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+        .stdout.decode()
+        .strip("\n")
+    )
+    return pathlib.Path(path)
+
+
 def main():
     share_dir = git_root() / "share"
     tessdata_dir = share_dir / "tessdata"