diff --git a/src/daemon/service-path-policy.ts b/src/daemon/service-path-policy.ts
index d808de78daa..ffe5b6b24c6 100644
--- a/src/daemon/service-path-policy.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/service-path-policy.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 import path from "node:path";
+import { normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty } from "../shared/string-coerce.js";
 
 function getPathModule(platform: NodeJS.Platform) {
   return platform === "win32" ? path.win32 : path.posix;
 }
 
-function normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty(value: string | undefined): string {
-  return value?.trim().toLowerCase() ?? "";
-}
-
 export function normalizeServicePathEntry(entry: string, platform: NodeJS.Platform): string {
   const pathModule = getPathModule(platform);
   const normalized = pathModule.normalize(entry).replaceAll("\\", "/");