diff --git a/scripts/VcpkgPowershellUtils.ps1 b/scripts/VcpkgPowershellUtils.ps1
index 07270dd228..4334df2cc6 100644
--- a/scripts/VcpkgPowershellUtils.ps1
+++ b/scripts/VcpkgPowershellUtils.ps1
@@ -226,3 +226,23 @@ function vcpkgFormatElapsedTime([TimeSpan]$ts)
 
     throw $ts
 }
+
+function vcpkgFindFileRecursivelyUp()
+{
+    param(
+        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$startingDir,
+        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$filename
+    )
+
+    $currentDir = $startingDir
+
+    while (!($currentDir -eq "") -and !(Test-Path "$currentDir\$filename"))
+    {
+        Write-Verbose "Examining $currentDir for $filename"
+        $currentDir = Split-path $currentDir -Parent
+    }
+    Write-Verbose "Examining $currentDir for $filename - Found"
+    return $currentDir
+}
diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap.ps1 b/scripts/bootstrap.ps1
index 03f05d50bc..0df2a2a996 100644
--- a/scripts/bootstrap.ps1
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap.ps1
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ param(
 
 $scriptsDir = split-path -parent $script:MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
 . "$scriptsDir\VcpkgPowershellUtils.ps1"
-$vcpkgRootDir = & $scriptsDir\findFileRecursivelyUp.ps1 $scriptsDir .vcpkg-root
+$vcpkgRootDir = vcpkgFindFileRecursivelyUp $scriptsDir .vcpkg-root
 Write-Verbose("vcpkg Path " + $vcpkgRootDir)
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/fetchDependency.ps1 b/scripts/fetchDependency.ps1
index ad0b774d4b..bfc0f733a4 100644
--- a/scripts/fetchDependency.ps1
+++ b/scripts/fetchDependency.ps1
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ $scriptsDir = split-path -parent $script:MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
 . "$scriptsDir\VcpkgPowershellUtils.ps1"
 
 Write-Verbose "Fetching dependency: $Dependency"
-$vcpkgRootDir = & $scriptsDir\findFileRecursivelyUp.ps1 $scriptsDir .vcpkg-root
+$vcpkgRootDir = vcpkgFindFileRecursivelyUp $scriptsDir .vcpkg-root
 
 $downloadsDir = "$vcpkgRootDir\downloads"
 
diff --git a/scripts/findFileRecursivelyUp.ps1 b/scripts/findFileRecursivelyUp.ps1
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b6409e8cf..0000000000
--- a/scripts/findFileRecursivelyUp.ps1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-[CmdletBinding()]
-param(
-    [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
-    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$startingDir,
-    [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
-    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$filename
-)
-
-$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
-$currentDir = $startingDir
-
-while (!($currentDir -eq "") -and !(Test-Path "$currentDir\$filename"))
-{
-    Write-Verbose "Examining $currentDir for $filename"
-    $currentDir = Split-path $currentDir -Parent
-}
-Write-Verbose "Examining $currentDir for $filename - Found"
-return $currentDir
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/toolsrc/vcpkg.sln b/toolsrc/vcpkg.sln
index c2df757fc6..6c429cff96 100644
--- a/toolsrc/vcpkg.sln
+++ b/toolsrc/vcpkg.sln
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "scripts", "scripts", "{F589
 		..\scripts\bootstrap.ps1 = ..\scripts\bootstrap.ps1
 		..\scripts\fetchDependency.ps1 = ..\scripts\fetchDependency.ps1
 		..\scripts\findAnyMSBuildWithCppPlatformToolset.ps1 = ..\scripts\findAnyMSBuildWithCppPlatformToolset.ps1
-		..\scripts\findFileRecursivelyUp.ps1 = ..\scripts\findFileRecursivelyUp.ps1
 		..\scripts\findVisualStudioInstallationInstances.ps1 = ..\scripts\findVisualStudioInstallationInstances.ps1
 		..\scripts\get_triplet_environment.cmake = ..\scripts\get_triplet_environment.cmake
 		..\scripts\getProgramFiles32bit.ps1 = ..\scripts\getProgramFiles32bit.ps1