diff --git a/bin/_babel-node b/bin/_babel-node
index 9d14ca4e2e..ea07f9bc4b 100644
--- a/bin/_babel-node
+++ b/bin/_babel-node
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
-var commander = require("commander");
-var Module    = require("module");
-var babel     = require("../lib/babel/api/node");
-var path      = require("path");
-var repl      = require("repl");
-var util      = require("../lib/babel/util");
-var vm        = require("vm");
-var _         = require("lodash");
+var pathIsAbsolute = require("path-is-absolute");
+var commander      = require("commander");
+var Module         = require("module");
+var babel          = require("../lib/babel/api/node");
+var path           = require("path");
+var repl           = require("repl");
+var util           = require("../lib/babel/util");
+var vm             = require("vm");
+var _              = require("lodash");
 
 var program = new commander.Command("babel-node");
 
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ if (program.eval || program.print) {
 
     // make the filename absolute
     var filename = args[0]
-    if (!util.isAbsolute(filename)) args[0] = path.join(process.cwd(), filename);
+    if (!pathIsAbsolute(filename)) args[0] = path.join(process.cwd(), filename);
 
     // add back on node and concat the sliced args
     process.argv = ["node"].concat(args);
diff --git a/lib/babel/util.js b/lib/babel/util.js
index 32438efddc..1a6292a620 100644
--- a/lib/babel/util.js
+++ b/lib/babel/util.js
@@ -69,13 +69,6 @@ exports.arrayify = function (val) {
   throw new TypeError("illegal type for arrayify");
 };
 
-exports.isAbsolute = function (loc) {
-  if (!loc) return false;
-  if (loc[0] === "/") return true; // unix
-  if (loc[1] === ":" && loc[2] === "\\") return true; // windows
-  return false;
-};
-
 var templateVisitor = {
   enter: function (node, parent, scope, nodes) {
     if (t.isExpressionStatement(node)) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a114f810d9..3f784c5242 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     "leven": "^1.0.1",
     "lodash": "^3.2.0",
     "output-file-sync": "^1.1.0",
+    "path-is-absolute": "^1.0.0",
     "private": "^0.1.6",
     "regenerator-babel": "0.8.10-2",
     "regexpu": "^1.1.1",
diff --git a/test/util.js b/test/util.js
index 3a87261256..2562750dc2 100644
--- a/test/util.js
+++ b/test/util.js
@@ -50,16 +50,6 @@ suite("util", function () {
     assert.ok(!util.canCompile("/scripts/test.css"));
   });
 
-  test("isAbsolute", function () {
-    assert.ok(util.isAbsolute("/test.js"));
-    assert.ok(util.isAbsolute("C:\\test.js"));
-
-    assert.ok(!util.isAbsolute());
-    assert.ok(!util.isAbsolute(""));
-    assert.ok(!util.isAbsolute("test.js"));
-    assert.ok(!util.isAbsolute("test/test.js"));
-  });
-
   test("list", function () {
     assert.deepEqual(util.list(undefined), []);
     assert.deepEqual(util.list(false), []);